Originally Posted By dogdays
No steering box allows a dead spot in the center of travel. One time I tracked down the sloppiness to a worn out system to the idler arm. Turn the steering wheel and the arm moved up and down.

R.


Good point - Even though all new parts were used during the rebuild - does not mean that something other than the box could have loosened up in the few thousand miles since then. Will definitely need to verify before replacing the box.