Good information, akwheeler.

Does the Factory Repair Manual state how much play there should be?

I just remember seeing a maximum allowable number and "tighten and make sure steering does not bind" statement, but not a normal free play number.

 

I no longer have access to the manual, I am old school, adjust by touch, bionic torque wrench implant in my elbow and highly tuned assometer. I only go looking for specs when rebuilding engines or differentials and the like. It may be luck but I haven't stripped a bolt or had anything wiggle loose in over 20 years.

 

Of course. http://personal.utulsa.edu:80/~natha...nce/2maint.pdf

30mm (on the edge of the steering wheel) with "light finger pressure."

 

So an inch is "tighter" than spec. Nice.