I'm going to go yank somemore (yes I know what that means to you Brits).
It would appear to me that I have no play in the tie rods that I can see and yet when "appling pressure to the wheel hub", it would appear that I have deflection in the rack assembly itself as if the rack ias actually flexing.
I can't tell you in degrees of deflection without an alignment machine but I'd say I see 1/4 to 3/8" of unexplicable movement.
It does not seem to be the movement of the inner tie rod joint, that's tight. Therefore I don't think that it is the internal bushing.
I need to go explore some more.
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