I don't think the struts are bad.
There is a noticeable clunk if I shimmy the wheel at a stop and there is kind of a dead spot in the steering when driving at speed. There is not play if I quickly wiggle the wheels at top/bottom nor sides, but if I move the 3 and 9 position more slowly (but still forcefully) there is a weird play I can feel like there is slop in the rack. I had the car off the ground and had someone shimmy the wheel and there was a definitive clunk and I could definitely feel it when I held the inner tie rod but the sound was coming from the center of the rack. Not sure how to better diagnose whether a rack or inner tie rod. Ideas?
There is a bit of a fluid creep/leak but not enough that I would change the rack for that reason.
There is a noticeable clunk if I shimmy the wheel at a stop and there is kind of a dead spot in the steering when driving at speed. There is not play if I quickly wiggle the wheels at top/bottom nor sides, but if I move the 3 and 9 position more slowly (but still forcefully) there is a weird play I can feel like there is slop in the rack. I had the car off the ground and had someone shimmy the wheel and there was a definitive clunk and I could definitely feel it when I held the inner tie rod but the sound was coming from the center of the rack. Not sure how to better diagnose whether a rack or inner tie rod. Ideas?
There is a bit of a fluid creep/leak but not enough that I would change the rack for that reason.