Dynacraft 24v trail racer steering help

Hi all. Picked up this dynacraft for my daughter for free in the neighborhood. “Just needs a battery”. It did need a battery and now it runs. But something felt janky steering. Upon further inspection, as best I can tell where the steering column engages the axle it looks like some sort of hardware is missing. I’m not even sure what it would be but best I can tell, some sort of friction system or limiter or something is missing. I have scoured the interwebs and for the life of me can’t find a picture of what it would be. Even the parts diagram of the owners manual doesn’t show or describe this area. Anyone able to take a picture of theres to give me an idea? Or an expert could talk me through what I’m missing?! Daughter loves it and I want to get this running right!