W124, won't say which one

I have noticed a little steering play while sitting at stops lights and such, about a 1/4 inch at most. I don't really notice/detect the play while driving. Today I was being very bad and took a trip to the drive-thru... while sitting there with my wheels turned to the left(about 1.5 turns of the steering wheel) I felt a big ole dead spot in the steering. It was at least an inch but less than two. The front ends of both my W124's are pretty darn tight, they drive great. I have never tweaked either steering box's.

Any ideas?

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08 R320 CDI current

Past
95 E420
87 300D Turbo 5spd
90 300TE
83 300SD
85 300TD
92 400E
85 190D

The FSM, atleast for the 123s, talks about how much play there should be in the steering wheel. I don't remember the number off hand, but it tells you how far a point on the outer edge of the steering wheel should move before you get movement out of the wheels. It's something like an inch(of course it's a metric value in the FSM). You are supposed to have a little slop.

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126 steering play

I remember a post in which mbdoc concurs that play when the steering wheel is cranked over is normal but I can't find it.

Sixto
87 300D

I read some info along those lines but I had a hard time believing it

Guess it's a non-issue then.

Thanks

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08 R320 CDI current

Past
95 E420
87 300D Turbo 5spd
90 300TE
83 300SD
85 300TD
92 400E
85 190D