ALOT of play in my steering

[hungryjoseph]

there's alot of play in my steering. my ball joint's seem fine, i can't wiggle my tires, and they visualy look ok. i just installed coilovers with rubber bushings in the pillowball mounts. the pillowball mounts are suposed to move in a rotating circle, but these not ONLY do that, but they also move up and down, like a seesaw. if i push one side down, the other side goes up. i called stance and they confirmed that this was normal. could this be the cause in my steering? also, the mechanic that helped me install my coilovers pulled my left tie rod out a bit for some reason i forgot. could that be the culprit? will an alignment fix the play?