Idiot proof steering column drop

And since you mentioned wiper pivots... these rotate only 180 degrees. Wiper arms and linkage pressures wear one half of the little bronze bushings inside the pivots. Sort of like l/l . The housing is about 3 inches long but there is only a 1/2 long bushing at top and bottom. Since the pivot outer housings are mounted with only 2 bolts, they can be rotated 180 degrees. Mark their bottoms with a sharpie before removing. Reinstall with your marks to the top. The shaft is now against a much lesser worn bushing surface. Smoother quieter wiper operation results. I had to completely disassemble noisy 67 wiper pivots to discover I didn't really need to after all.
And if your grease fittings should happen to end up on the top... feck it. I seriously doubt anyone ever went back under the dash with a grease gun anyway. If you filled the cavity between the bushings with grease, that should be a lifetime supply.