The screw on top of your steering gear is the sector lash adjustment and it will take up some of the slack, unless the gears are really worn out. Turn it in till it gets tight ( I think there is a torque value) and then back it off a quarter turn or so. That should do the trick.
__________________
'72 GMC SWB C1500 Custom, frame-off in progress. 383 SBC, 9:1CR, Comp Cams XE262H, Scat internal balanced crank, Eagle SIR 6" rods, Keith Black dish pistons, Dart Iron Eagle 72/180 heads, Weiand Stealth intake, Stewart stage I water pump, Holley 4bbl vac sec, TH350 with B&M Shift Improver Kit. 12 bolt positraction.  
|