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any ways to the OP if ur pump was bad it would scream like a banshee and coat everything in power steering fluid and make ur steering be tighter
if u have looseness in ur steering check ur ball joints in the tie rod ends the drag link then the joints in the steering column and also check for play in the steering box itself