Roy
That's really helpful, thank you. It actually would account for two of my observations. Firstly that, My rack mounts occupy the same hole pairs, in the chassis as yours. In fact, I don't think it would be possible to fit the rack mounts in any other configuration, as the rack flanges, then obstruct the chassis holes! But secondly, it would appear, I may be able to reduce (fractionally) my steering wheel offset. So all good stuff, thanks.
Unfortunately, I work away from home, and can't spend much time with the car at the moment. (Amongst the myriad of other domestic tasks!) So I'm trying to 'short cut' the diagnostic process, rather than doing what I really need to do, which is get the spanners out! But I think I 'may' be making a little progress?
With the road wheels removed, it seems I do have 2.7 turns of the steering wheel from lock to lock. I hear a very metallic 'tap' at the full range to the right, and a very slightly different sound at full range to the left. Far more steering wheel movement to the left, (as I have explained previously) but no obvious contact between anything on the vertical link, and the chassis. So maybe both spacers are indeed fitted. Perhaps a reasonably simple fix then, even for me???
I don't imagine this is significant, but just in case, I have 25cm of track rod on the driver's side, and 23.5cm on the near side? I guess this isn't unusual? (Actually seems to tie in with Roy's observation about the rack's position?)
Couple of pictures, on the off chance some of you incredibly knowledgeable chaps might notice anything?
- Driver's side
- Near side