I am replacing my original steering column (which has this lever) with an aftermarket tilt column and it does not have this lever. This is why I was asking about whether we needed to mod something up for this, or if we could just remove the linkage as it no longer has anything to connect?
As for connecting the steering column 1"DD end to the steering box, I found this from Borgeson.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...?ie=UTF8&psc=1