[Otter74]

Managed to borrow my neighbor to turn the wheel while I buried my hand into the hidey hole to feel the rack and housing through the boot. The whole rack is moving within the housing (both sides), so I am pretty sure the play has to be in the bushings between the housing and the tie rod. Direction of movement is what I would expect based on forces on the rack from the pinion gear. I’m not sure how it happened but at least it didn’t just show up.