haha Well I'm working on the rear of the car. If your pic is the rear I think I may have been driving the car in reverse for over a year.

Joking aside, Maybe this will help.
Number 5 is the tie rod. Or am I miss naming parts?
Number 6 is the bushing for number 5. (that is the bushing that is worn badly. I can twist number 5 by hand, and the flex occurs at the joint with the #6 bushing)
Hopefully this cleared up alot of the confusion.