You have two separate problems. No amount of lubrication is going to help with excessive play in the steering. To determine the source of the looseness someone turns the steering wheel back and forth while someone else looks for the source of the missing movement. It is going to be the column universals, rack, or tie rod ends. For the tightness lubrication MAY help. If it is not the universal joints it will most likely be the rack in which case both problems may be solved with the replacement of 1 part. It is dangerous to drive a car with the symptoms you describe as high "break out" forces make it hard to make small driving corrections. Play in the steering could also cause high rates of wear on the tires not to mention difficulty staying in your lane! Check the air in your tires as low pressures could cause the steering to be harder than it should. 23 psi for the front-30 for the rear 60 for the spare. As per decal in glove box. David Teitelbaum vin 10757 --- In dmcnews@xxxx, Soma576@xxxx wrote: > hey everyone, > > last year my D had an intermittent problem with the steering, and now that i > have my car running again after major service, i took it out this weekend and