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Originally Posted by LuckyHenriksen

How bout the idler and pitman arms? I think they need replacing. Would this cause bad road manners?

Yes, very much. Your pitman and idler arms are the only links between your steering assembly and chassis.

Jack up your front end and rest it on stands. Grab the sides of each of your front tires at try and twist them back and forth in the same directions that they turn when you turn the wheel. Your checking for slack. It's best to have a second person under the truck to look at the steering/suspension components while you wiggle the wheels. If there's side to side slack it's either your pitman or/and idler arms, sometimes your tie rods. Next grab the top and bottom of each wheel and wiggle checking for slack. Any slack will be a bad ball joint/s. Idealy everything should be rock solid, not even a slight tick.