Quote:The way to check on that is to look for movement of the steering gear arm as you wiggle the wheel back and forth. The arm is visible under the car. Use two fingers to move the wheel back and forth. If the gear arm DOESN'T move but the steering wheel does, then the looseness is in the column/gear or steering wheel connection. This is very rarely seen even in my country where all the boxes are the collapsible type. More typically the gear will move in sync with the wheel, but some other part won't move (usually a tie-rod end is where the play is).