Michael wrote, "On a celebrity there's a semi-transparent plastic
covering that snaps over the steering wheel end of the column.. If you
pry that back there's a clamp type thing with a bolt you take out (that
part sucks). Then the column just slides out (assuming you have the rest
undone). I would guess a cavalier would be similar.
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 Yes, the steering has the boot at bottom exactly as you described,
with a
"pinch bolt" at the bottom apparently holding the column in.
 I have everything else loose and expected the column to simply slide
out upon removal of that bolt, but it wouldn't come out even after
jerking on it as much as I dared.
 That's when I decided there may be something I'm not seeing or don't
know about.
 I've even tried prying apart the part which the pinch bolt clamps
together, didn't seem to matter.
 The parts car I'm trying to remove the column from is in an obscure
place, instead of in the shop with all my tools and etc, which can turn
a nothing job into more of a hassle sometimes.