Hi Its been awhile but i am starting to work on my '73 with 318 manual steering and notice that when the steering wheel is straight and wheels straight there is just a little free play in the steering wheel but when i turn it to the right about 1/4 turn there is about 4'' of free play in the steering box. Everything in the steering is nice and tight ie tie rods, pitman arm ,idler . The car steers good when driving is this free play normal ...thanks for any help!