Changed out the "Steering Tie Rod Assembly" yesterday and was really surprised just how worn out it was. Had an alignment done this morning and took her out on the hi-way and no more floating sensation. "Now" I've got this noise coming from the lower right side that sounds like something is loose. Tires Plus, when they did the alignment, said everything looked good including upper and lower suspension bushings. So tomorrow I'll crawl back under and over looking for this rattle! It's always something!!!! The hood is still problematic being loose when closed because of a passed right fender accident that's keeping the hood from latching down securely. I've adjusted and re-adjusted but it's just not right.

UDATE A FEW MINUTES LATER: After posting the above I went outside and jacked up both front tires. Used a tire iron under each tire and found "ball joints" to be bad. Sometimes you just forget to check the obvious! Whoever heard of ball joints failing on a car with only 174k miles on it!!! LoL