Hardshell,
On my '36 Chevy pickup there was about 1/2 turn of "play" in the steering wheel. It was the cumulative effect of loose king pins, loose tie rod/drag link ends and loose steering box. The tie rod ends attached to stud mounted balls in the steering arms and pitman arm. Those ball mounted studs are tapered and Moog ES29R and ES29L are one piece tie rod ends with the exact same taper as the clunky original parts. The match is so good that even the judges at the 1976 VCCA National Meet in Colorado Springs did not notice them or the home made drag link that I made to go with the more modern tie rod ends.
The loose king pin problem was corrected with oversize king pins with the axle hole and steering arm bushings reamed to fit with an adjustable reamer.
The steering box problem was corrected new worm and sector gears, new pitman shaft bushings and machining the pitman housing for an oil seal so that gear lube can be used in the steering box instead of grease. The result was much improved steering although it's nothing like the electric power steering in my wife's 2017 Chevy Tahoe. That is some sweet steering although that Tahoe has some other problems including a factory defect in the trans oil cooler that we are fighting out (apparently successfully) with GM and the dealer.
