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What facets of the ball joints, control arms (which part of these exactly? bushings?) and tie rod ends am I looking for? Looseness? Bending? Play?

Hi Alan, I've had the car for only a week now. I am not 100% sure on the previous condition of the car. I haven't had the wheels balanced yet - the only thing's ive done are to replace the steering rack, tension rod, and tie rod end bushings with urethane ones, and switch to a 1" sway bar at the front. Thanks in advance...

Hi guys and girls, The car: 1974 Early 260Z Coupe The problems: 1) There is alot of steering play before it 'bites' - I can move the wheel a good 10+ degrees in each direction before the steering actually catches. 2) The overall feel of the car is something similar to that of a Lincoln Town car - very 'floaty' and rocks from back to forth upon hard braking and acceleration. 3) Alot of vibration in the front of the car starting at 60mph and becoming undriveable by 80mph. I was pretty confident the steering play was due to the previous completely worn stock rack and pinion bushings, so replaced them today with Urethane bushings - this helped, but there is still alot of play - is the steering rack the likely culprit here? Also added a Motorsport auto front sway bar and supporting urethane bushings, as well as changed the bushings on the tension rods. The high speed vibration - most likely to be the alignment? Are there any other known weak points that could cause this? And the general Town Car feeling - I am hoping this is either the remaining worn bushings in the car, the shocks/springs (which are of unknown mileage or quality), or a combination. Any and all help appreciated, I love the car but it feels down right scary to drive it at any kind of speed. Thanks in advance!