Well,.... Most of it needed to be replaced anyway. The front suspension and steering were all original and shot. The previous owner still had the original /6 torsion bars in it and had them cranked to the top to try to hold up the big block he put in. I wanted to change the steering box anyway to a quicker ratio since the 24:1 took so many turns to get it from lock to lock.
Changing the pin out wasn't bad. I got lucky and the new pin drove in without mushrooming much. I had to take a little emery cloth to it to get the shoe to slide on after installing it, but it didn't take much.
I was just frustrated as I went along that none of those updates was getting rid of the excessive play in the steering. In the end, I have a fully rebuilt front end. I like the quicker 20:1 steering, and now all that play is gone too. The car drives better than it ever has since I got it.