hi volvo friends i drive 1999 volvo s70 nonturbo with 105k doing a routine check of the front i shook the tires at 3 and 9 and i have a lot play there not much play at 6 and 12 oclock am i looking at replace my control arms soon

Movement at 3 and 9 would more likely suggest worn steering tie rod ends than control arm/ball joint, but it's not out of the question, especially now that they're (probably) original to the car and 25 years old.
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XC60 / Odyssey

I second that. Movement at 3 and 9 is most likely tie rod ends. Based on my experience with two 850’s (essentially the same car as yours) the tie rod ends seem to go at around 100-125k miles. Control arms/ball joints usually last longer. However anything is possible at 25 years old! As Bill mentioned, check out your front end thoroughly before replacing anything.

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Will I buy another Volvo??? We'll see....

hi friends i jacked my car up and i grabbed on to the outer tie rod and i could wiggle it up and down and side to side thats my slop right there the tie rods should not be able to move that loosely i think ill be changing inner and outer tie rods with a alignmebnt

Definitely do both outer tie rods together and then an alignment. Adding the inner tie rods at the same time is optional. My experience with 3 Volvos is the inner tie rods last a long time. Never changed one on my 2 850’s. Had one wear out on my 240 (at more than 200k miles). Your call….

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Will I buy another Volvo??? We'll see....

ok ill do a recheck of eveything

ok ill let you know when ill changed them out

Hi ___?___,

Don't be in a hurry to throw parts at a problem without diagnosis first.

There's a number of items that can introduce slop/play in the front end.

Ball joints
Control arm including worn control arm bushings.
I had an after market 850 control arm fail early because the ball joint
locking pin was an ordinary soft steel bolt instead of a hard taper pin
and it quickly deformed allowing slop at the steering knuckle.
This was a junk front end part made by incompetent people.
Inner and outer tie rod ends
Loose strut mounts and worn end links.

If you get the front end up on jack stands it's easier to diagnose slop.

while you're at it check that the steering gear is smooth without a bind in the U-joints.
Look for sloppy hogged out sway bar bushings.

Be advised that there's a lot of junky after market front end parts, you
need to search for only high quality parts, and it's a dynamic guessing game
since things change without notice.

Good luck, Bill

Hi "someone claiming to be volvo.v70.1998",

It's time to point out that you leave a series of uncompleted threads
offering only questions and no solutions for the Brickboard community.
Brickboarders can take time to help you, but you can't bother to post
resolutions to your questions.

Here's three of your threads that need completion:

https://www.brickboard.com/AWD/volvo/1690451/vibration_sound_turning.html

https://www.brickboard.com/AWD/volvo/1689476/V70-XC70/oil_leak.html

https://www.brickboard.com/AWD/volvo/1689427/power_steering_leak_passenger_side.html

Bill