Today I lowered the lever under the steering column on my 04 TL to push the steering wheel closer to dash. I felt a metal piece fall into my hand. Im not sure what is it or where it goes under the plastic. I havent had a chance to look up under there yet. It looks as if a bolt went thru this piece. I even looked at a parts breakdown of a steering column and I dont see this part. Everything still works like it did before I found the part.

Has anyone ran into this?
Thank you

 

Hey John, it's pretty hard to figure out your description just by written word.
is there any chance that you could take a picture of the piece?