Sloppy steering - steering box?

[Tedybear]

I've got a puller that I bought when I did the pitman arm on my Town Car....seemed to hold up pretty well. But I'm not putting anything past the B2 - it's already smashed my pickle fork in half among a couple other things.

Good call on the lines though....they're not super pricey and it only makes sense to put new lines in if I'm going to the trouble to put in a new gearbox.

The old saying "In for a penny, in for a pound".

Doing all that work? good way to avoid future headache.

Glad to know the puller held up! Be sure to have everything lined up as per the shop guide on changing that out. Just to ensure everything is nice and centered. (Mine is still off about 15 degrees. LOL. I call it being "unique".)

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[MeanMark87]

Well, I'm not convinced I've solved the issue....I took the gearbox out and it doesn't seem to be the problem. I can still feel the same clunking looseness and slop as I turn the steering shaft by hand and watch the steering wheel. Plus, and I don't know why I didn't mention this before (or maybe I did), but the wheel/column has planar looseness as well. I.e. I can wiggle the wheel towards and away from the dashboard in addition to the rotational sloppiness. I'm thinking there's some kind of a bearing or bushing that must be responsible inside the column? Any further advice is much appreciated.

I wanna get this thing driving again!