Monaro steering rack

[bigwheel]

Do stock racks have a vague feel at the steering wheel an inch either side of straight ahead? Is this pre-set in the rack's factory valve-ing?
I know quick-racks are available but I'm not going there. I've already had the Road Response Pack fitted a few years ago.

A geometry specialist in E.Kilbride is going to fit Whiteline bushes to the rear-end so as to adjust rear camber and adjustable front strut top mounts. Stock mount bearings are a known weak point.

10mm of the inner O/S/F tyre shoulder had worn to the canvas while the rest of the tread was fine.

[007 VXR]

Had this with mine for years Quick rack helped as did MPSS tyres, but not gone 100% but much better

Try dropping the PSI in the front tyres to about 34/35psi.

[bigwheel]

Thanks for your thoughts. I've always run 36 psi and it's now new Continental up front and Goodyear F1 at the back until they're done.

[JoyCV8]

bigwheel said:

Do stock racks have a vague feel at the steering wheel an inch either side of straight ahead?

Mines always been like this, fully re-bushing the front end (incl RRP), new rack ends 4 wheel alignment have helped but its still there. We did notice a little play on the inner rack ends while doing the alignment so this could well be causing some of the vagueness, was going to replace them when I get round to fitting a quik rack.

[Mr KD]

Hi Ron my fronts are the same getting around 20000miles to 25000 miles out the tyres front and rear ... Rear ones always wear in the middle and are fine on the sides where as the fronts only really wear on the inner edges, I replaced the top struts and mounts, replaced the drop links and had it on the hunter laser 4 wheel alignment and it's still doing the front inners lol I think it's just the weight of the car up front and how it sits .... Mines up at 82000 already so I've bought a few sets of tyres

[bigwheel]

Mr KD said:

Hi Ron my fronts are the same getting around 20000miles to 25000 miles out the tyres front and rear ... Rear ones always wear in the middle and are fine on the sides where as the fronts only really wear on the inner edges, I replaced the top struts and mounts, replaced the drop links and had it on the hunter laser 4 wheel alignment and it's still doing the front inners lol I think it's just the weight of the car up front and how it sits .... Mines up at 82000 already so I've bought a few sets of tyres

Thanks.
Do you know if yours got Monkfish's Road Response Pack done? (Some Poly bushes up front and possibly rear plus changing the geometry settings)

[EmmaJ]

Mr KD said:

Hi Ron my fronts are the same getting around 20000miles to 25000 miles out the tyres front and rear ... Rear ones always wear in the middle and are fine on the sides where as the fronts only really wear on the inner edges, I replaced the top struts and mounts, replaced the drop links and had it on the hunter laser 4 wheel alignment and it's still doing the front inners lol I think it's just the weight of the car up front and how it sits .... Mines up at 82000 already so I've bought a few sets of tyres

20,000 miles to a set of rear tyres

I've only done 30k miles in mine and I've gone through 6 pairs of rears and 3 pairs of front tyres

[007 VXR]

EmmaJ said:

20,000 miles to a set of rear tyres

I've only done 30k miles in mine and I've gone through 6 pairs of rears and 3 pairs of front tyres

[IXLR8]

EmmaJ said:

Mr KD said:

Hi Ron my fronts are the same getting around 20000miles to 25000 miles out the tyres front and rear ... Rear ones always wear in the middle and are fine on the sides where as the fronts only really wear on the inner edges, I replaced the top struts and mounts, replaced the drop links and had it on the hunter laser 4 wheel alignment and it's still doing the front inners lol I think it's just the weight of the car up front and how it sits .... Mines up at 82000 already so I've bought a few sets of tyres

20,000 miles to a set of rear tyres

I've only done 30k miles in mine and I've gone through 6 pairs of rears and 3 pairs of front tyres

I can understand the Rears waving you Goodbye .... BUT 3 pairs of fronts

[EmmaJ]

IXLR8 said:

EmmaJ said:

Mr KD said:

Hi Ron my fronts are the same getting around 20000miles to 25000 miles out the tyres front and rear ... Rear ones always wear in the middle and are fine on the sides where as the fronts only really wear on the inner edges, I replaced the top struts and mounts, replaced the drop links and had it on the hunter laser 4 wheel alignment and it's still doing the front inners lol I think it's just the weight of the car up front and how it sits .... Mines up at 82000 already so I've bought a few sets of tyres

20,000 miles to a set of rear tyres

I've only done 30k miles in mine and I've gone through 6 pairs of rears and 3 pairs of front tyres

I can understand the Rears waving you Goodbye .... BUT 3 pairs of fronts

Did I mention I was rotating the fronts to the rears?

Also I had a pothole incident which took out one front tyre so ended up changing the other side too to keep the amount of tread the same.