heres a few pics to illustrate what I'm talking about.

The assembly as it comes off the steering colum




THe area in question:




Once that cover is removed you can see the little ball bearing sitting under the stalk










This is what it looks like with no ball bearing




So what happens is:

With ball bearing
One click back on the dash switch turns on low beam and parks
2 clicks back on the dash switch turns on high beam.
While on high beam the stalk can be pulled towards you. This dips the high beam but you have to hold it back or it returns to where it was.

Without ball bearing:
One click back on the dash switch turns on park lights and the stalk does nothing
Two clicks back turns on high beam and the stalk still does nothing.

Any help as I am confused