Thanks everyone. I appreciate all your comments.

Today I drove four hours to the closest auto repair place. They said nothing looks bent or obviously trashed. They don't actually have the tools to align my car, so now I have an appointment next week at the repair place that is 5 or 6 hours away. "Country life."

I'll see what they say and go from there.

I'll go with Mercedes or Lemfoerder parts for sure.

There's a lot of play in the steering box, so I might try to get a remanufactured one delivered in time for my appointment next week.