AArrgghh, Failing at getting turn signal harness up steering column...

I've got the connector off, it's fishing the harness down the column that's stopping me. The loose ends with the terminals won' fit down the column when taped to the coat hanger brought up from the bottom... If I taped them side by side flat they would be to wide to fit the small opening. Can I take the column loose and the whole tunnel that they feed down?