So trying to eliminate all play in my steering system as have to pass pits soon...
I found my rag joint coupler had split and allowed alot of play in the steering so decided to do the double knuckle conversion.
bought a brand new knuckle from rare spares and fitted it today, Thinking sweet job done tested the steering and there was still about 10mm of slop at the steering wheel?!
Got the missus to turn the wheel back and forth and could see the play is in the new knuckle!!
So I dis-assembled the whole lot again, stuck the knuckle in the vice and some vice grips on the other end and sure enough there is some play there, its a bee's dick but 0.5mm play at that small radius results in alot at the steering wheel.
I pulled off the second knuckle which afaik is original to the car and checked it in the vice, it does have a tiny amount of play in it but id say not as much as the new one.
So my question is do all knuckles have some play? did I get a dud from rare spares or are all rare spares ones like that?
Am I being pedantic and everyones Torana has about 10mm of play measured at the steering wheel (14")
Is there a source of knuckles that have 0 play??
Thanks