The first thing you do when you are checking out a car is to grab a hold of wheels and give them a good shaking. Try to rip the wheel off the car. (Just don't pull the car off the rack or the jack stands!) If the wheel moves...time to break out your wallet
Well, the front wheel moved and so you start checking things. We found the steering rack was completely shot. You initially find these things by putting your fingers on all the joints to feel for movement as someone moves the wheel. This one was so bad we could see things moving with our eyes.
Here we put the dial indicator on the end of the inner tie rod end. Notice the dial indicator reads "0."
