Originally Posted by Rogviler

Okay, I'll try one more time... How about my actual point written in the form of a question: If you have six inches of play in your steering solely from worn ball joints and such, how are you able to adjust that down to no play simply by fiddling with the steering box? Is the steering box magical?

Not at all arguing that it's an adjustment for the home user to make or that you should do it first before anything else or that you shouldn't replace your tie rods that are flopping around like a dead fish or that steering boxes aren't expensive or that they aren't robust or trying to offend anyone who really loves the factory-spec steering...