After beating up the outer tie rod ends with removal and installation of the new lower control arms I choose to replace both parts the inner and outer. I ran into an issue with play on the inner most part of the rack on the driver side. I've been chasing and eliminating all the knocks, vibration and squeaks in the front end and I would of never thought this would be one of them. So it looks like I'll be replacing the complete rack and pinion in the next couple of weeks. I also have to order a set of lines since there's a really small leak in 1 of them that's been there for year's but it's never concerned me because it's so small I never get a drop on the floor anywhere I park and I've only recently had to top of the ps fluid.
I've never ran into a issue like this before and was just wondering what you guys might have to say about this. I typically think "bad rack" when turning and hear and feel the gnarly grinding and pulsation in the steering wheel, I'm not getting that but this seems like something to be concerned about.