Get a Flashlight with a strong beam and open the Hood. Start the Engine and have some one rock the Steering Wheel back and forth between the limits of the free play. Focus the light beam on the Pitman Arm that comes out of the side of the Steering Box.

If you have a lot of play in the Steering Wheel and that Pitman Arm does not move. The play is inside of the Steering Box itself (there is a Nut and an Adjusting Screw to take up the play on top of the Steering Box, see the DIY section for specifics on the job).

If the Pitman Arm moves when the Steering Wheel moves but you still have a lot of play in the Steering; someting in the Steering Linkages under the car is worn out/loose.

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