1973 450sl, working on the drivers side front, jack under lower control arm. I grab the tire at 6:00 and push and 12:00 I pull. I get a very slight movement, I beleive this tells me the bearing should be fine. Now at 3:00 and 9:00 I do the same thing, now I get atleast twice the movement. What is this telling me? I realize I need a helper so I can look for linkage movement. Idler arm, tie rods,ball joints, drag link, pitman arm, am I missing anything?

By the way the reason I am checkings,is while driving the car it has excessive drift and play in the steering wheel. Thanks