Long story short, I've finally had my tracking sorted after about a year and had them put on new track rod ends while they were there.

However on the way home, I noticed a knocking noise.

Assuming it was something to do with my new wishbones, roller bearings, balljoints etc I got it jacked up, couldn't find anything. Everything was good and tight, no play at all.

It wasn't until I got the wheels back on I realised the knock was from play in the steering rack. Called back the place who did the tracking, obviously the manager was on day off and no-one else could even look at it, but he did say he's never known changing a track rod to damage a steering rack.

So what's the deal? Is it knackered? Can it be adjusted? Does it need replacing? How hard is it to do?

I've been searching through but most people seem to get play in the column, not the wheels. Very annoying as I've got a trackday tomorrow and was looking forward to having the ultimate steering setup with my new roller bearings.

Cheers people.
O.

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ive seen racks and columns go mate,its just wear and tear things on these cars

racks not too hard,can get a bid fiddly at times

I think the subframe does have to come off to replace the rack.

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you can do it without removing the subframe but it's very tight and likely to make you lose your temper. been there done it

so yes. remove subframe to avoid needing facial reconstruction for removing forehead wrinkles

are there any differences in TRE's on the models?

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only thing i can think is if they've bent the steering rack removing the TRE's, which takes a fair bit but is possible

are the arms wound in aswell? or are they fixed? i seem to remember them spinning out on a rack i had - eg, they could be wound in a bit to counteract play (regardless of track rod end)

then again you'd notice massive play at 9-3 on the wheel and the track rod end itself is doing that job anyway. odd one

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where is the play exactly?

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is there slight play in your steering wheel to?

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You can't use a VTS rack without inhibiting the lock, remembers.

I'm fitting a P2 VTS rack to my Rallye.

You can get play in the tie-rods that go from rack to TRE. I have to change my passenger one as it had play in it during the MOT. there are a couple of threads on here for it.

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Don't forget there are inner track rod joints as well as the outer ones


Motaquip do these for about £15 each iirc, part of the track rod.

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I did not know that, I'll take a look

...between laps.

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Both wheels.

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You need the phase 1 Vts rack, that's the quick 2.4 turns one, phase 2 Vts is similar to gti-6 I think,
very good mod though, you can take small/medium roundabouts without shuffling your hands like you have to do with the six rack,

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They're listed as tie rods in the parts catalogue. They screw into the rack and the TRE screws on the end.

Dave, you lot told me the xsara racks were both quicker! Where does the info actually come from regarding locks as I was told the VTS one was 2.6 on Phase 2? I broke a P2 for parts.

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