Barry, this "play" tolerance, is this how much it's allowed to go back and forth. Let's put it this way, with the wheel level, how much to the right should the steering wheel move before feeling resistance? Like I think I mentioned earlier, I haven't had the chance, due to the weather, to look into this matter, deeply. I know that with the car off, the steering wheel goes back and forth a bit more than I would like. Now you mentioned a tolerance of 1". Is this 1/2" one way and 1/2" the other way?

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