too much steering??

[psuedopimp]

okay i finally got to drive it quite a bit yesterday (a rare treat). i noticed when i was standing still and turned the wheels i heard a creeking. maybe the pitman arm slipping??? kinda hard without help, but i would twist the column in the engine bay, and the rag joint seemed too have some play in it. is this normal? the truck seemed more responsive than i remembered. the play is not as bad as i thought. but it seems like if i turn right, i have to turn it left to get it back, and that is why it fills like play in the steering wheel. i hope this makes sense.

will replacing the leaf spring bushings help anything? they have never been replace, and are next on my list. then an alignment. then a pitman arm i guess is my plan of attack.