Steering issue.....
 

My steering wheel has some slack in it, I can pull it out, and push it back in, about 2". The What is lose? It seems its just inside my column.

RE: Steering issue.....
 

What kind of car?
In most steering columns such movement is impossible. In Escapes, theres an 8mm bolt at the base of the steering wheel behind a plastic flap that may have turned loose, but 2 inches would have it falling off...
Some cars have Telescoping Steering wheels, mostly just the hoity toity Lincoln variety.

RE: Steering issue.....
 

It may not come out 2", but maybe 1" or so. Everything seems tight under the hood. The steering wheel nut is tight also. Ive got a 1976 Ford, 4x4, F-150.