Removing slop in manual steering

Yeah, that crossed my mind. I think I may take them out tomorrow and loctite them before I do any significant driving. A faster gear set is sounding a little more appealing. I still have a "soft" zone around center on the steering wheel (not much for resistance that you can feel), but if you look close enough you can see the wheels are just barely moving, so it's not necessarily slop. Don't know if a fast ratio gear set would change that or not. It looked like Firm Feel was offering the 16:1 set, but does anyone still make a 20:1 set?