Typically, yes. When you unplug the connector near the center of the column, hook some smaller wire around that connector and then rotate it to be parallel with the column. Then push it into the solumn and gently pull upward on the removed switch. The connector should come out with the wire attached. Attach the new switch's connector similarly, rotate it parallel to the column and use the wire at the bottom of the column to pull the new connector through the column for connection to the body wiring harness. Then finish the job, top side.
Souinds worse that it is.
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