slideking

I have a 92 sc400. When I turn the wheel the car does not respond until it is turned and additional 10 degrees. Very loose steering. Very scary. This needs to be addressed as soon as possible, but you know mechanics....it could be anything. I was wondering if anyone has had or heard of this problem.

In the lexls "how to re-build pump" it shows a pic of the nut and washer he used to get the pump shaft out. The pic is somewhere on this post ore you can see it here http://www.lexls.com/tutorials/steering/pspumprebuild.html . I cannot see how he used that set-up to get the shaft out with a slide hammer. I know there is a lexus specialty tool, but the tool is $60 and they said it has to be made, so it wont even come until may. So how do i get the thing out?!? better yet tell me how he got it out. If you see the atttachments that come with a slide hammer you buy or rent, I dont see how any of the atttachments could be used except some loc-plyers.