GEDaggett

I have a bit of play in the steering on the highway so I put the car up to check it out. The tie Rods are perfect and the ball joints are solid. If the steering is turned all the way in a right hand turn the steering is tight (no play in the wheels) if I turn the wheels to a complete left hand turn the drivers side Wheel assembly has almost 2 inches of play (really not good) I checked out the linkage and it is not moving or shifting abnormally all the way up to the main shaft that comes out of the steering unit. Has anyone ran into this and if so is it a matter of replacing the steering gearbox assembly as I suspect?

Thanks for any input