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    197 alignment issues

    I always suspected top mounts i never fitted them myself so maybe the garage did it the wrong way round ?, had a new rack but thats been fine and the camber issue was before that was fitted.
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    197 alignment issues

    It never got solved last time it went in for an alignment camber was still off by roughly the same amount as it was originally only thing that changed was i had an horrendous knock every time i was changing gear took it quite a few place including a well known garage in the clio world who kept...
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    Quick Rack

    200 cup rack is slightly sharper i'd only change if your current rack is shagged otherwise its not worth it.
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    Engine/Gearbox Mounts

    Dogbone and upper torque on mine and the vibrations through the steering wheel when pulling off are horrific.
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    197 steering colum play?

    Pretty sure they’re the same .
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    Knocking from rear

    Checked for play in the wheel bearings ?
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    One for future reference- Steering issues 197 / 200

    Check your universal joint its down by the pedals tge boot has a havit of coming loose or the joint could just be knackered.
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    Megane 225 & Clio 197/200 steering racks

    I recon they are they look identical on images i’ve seen and the rack bush is the same as the megane.
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    197 alignment issues

    Never had it back on a hunter alignment machine so can’t be sure but i moved the top mounts about as they weren’t sitting right as you can see in my original images and it drives fine now and doesn’t look visually like there’s more camber one side than the other, if you’ve had work done i’d...
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    RS? Rallye Sport...

    Thought i recognised it i sold the lad who had it before you some cup dampers.
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    RS? Rallye Sport...

    Are you from Stoke by any chance RSRowe ?
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    Sports cat question

    Not likely i had the same with a scorpion cat back and miltek sports cat ended up having to get them cut and welded together.
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    197 alignment issues

    Hi a few months back I decided to get my 197 on a hunter alignment machine as I had refreshed most of the front end of the car both lower ball joints, new wishbones, replacement steering rack with new inner tie rods and track rod ends, as you can see below the alignment showed up some...
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    Megane 225 & Clio 197/200 steering racks

    Does anybody know if these are the same/interchangeable looking at pictures of them they look identical obviously track rods and rod ends will be different but the rack itself looks the same, just thinking it might be a cheaper option than forking out over £300 for a new clio rack (£400 for a cup) .
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    Power flow Exhausts

    Powerflows a franchise so it will all depend on the individual garage making them i’ve had them on previous cars and they’ve been fine
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    Steering rack bush replacement

    As Turkie says if you disconnect the other track rod end from the drivers side hub it should give you the required clearance, i managed to do mine with out doing this but i had to get someone to keep the steering on full lock and ended up breaking the airbag squib so be careful.
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    Alignment issues

    The guy who did it seemed to think it was the passenger side hub that was the issue it did have the ball joint done about 6 months ago so maybe they bent it when pressing out the old joint ?
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    Alignment issues

    Does seem strange but reading back over some old threads it does seem like it can be an issue.
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    Alignment issues

    Sorry thats what i meant when i was refering to the rack being done i was thinking the subframe may not have been aligned properly like you say .
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    Alignment issues

    Just had my 197 on a hunter alignment machine as you can see from the front left camber reading i appear to have a problem, the guy at the garage seems to think it could be that the perfo hub is bent although when i had the wheel off the other day it looked ok to, work i’ve had done over the...