shedmonkey Posted April 24, 2009 Share Posted April 24, 2009 Must admit when I looked at it I thought your wheels looked "too tucked in" if you see what I mean-go to a MK2 rear end -are your revs 6J? should still fit- my cheesys are 6J -but do have a skinny tyre onHve you lowered it too much? CW does the spacers etc to compensate -cant remember the ins and outs or the rear geometry would have to read up on it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Posted April 24, 2009 Author Share Posted April 24, 2009 The Mk2 shafts on my 2000 have made the wheels far too close to the bodywork - in fact too close as I had to bash. My wheels are only 5.5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thescrapman Posted April 24, 2009 Share Posted April 24, 2009 TimDid I not see you doing a quick repair to your rear end on the sea front???Would that explain teh mis-alignment shortly beforehand>??CheersColin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted April 24, 2009 Share Posted April 24, 2009 During my chats with Brian Englefield, ex-World Cup privateer, he was was very proud that his DIY prepared car handled better than the works cars he owned - the main secret? Rear end negative camber apparently. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Sorbington Posted April 24, 2009 Share Posted April 24, 2009 So Greeks, you disconnected your power steering?Oh, hang on, I just noticed your disclaimer! ;DDisturbing to hear all this talk of rear ends. I spent a fair bit of time beneath a 2500S this afternoon, the rear end of which was being polybushed.Top tip, use a twatting great hole saw to remove the old bushes. It's far more fun than hi tech pullers etc!Just watch out for the flying globs of molten, searing hot rubber! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shedmonkey Posted April 24, 2009 Share Posted April 24, 2009 jcarruthers wrote:The Mk2 shafts on my 2000 have made the wheels far too close to the bodywork - in fact too close as I had to bash. My wheels are only 5.56J and no problems?! I womder why? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeyb Posted April 25, 2009 Share Posted April 25, 2009 all down to the offset! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted April 25, 2009 Share Posted April 25, 2009 Indeed, and anything more than a couple of mm between tyre and arch at the rear is a waste :-) Widetrack suspension, Stag brakes, spacers to get over the Stag drums and I have an extravagant 2 mm after a little tickle of both t he arches and the drums with the grinder - the raised lettering on Stag drums was interfering with the wheel/spacer fit and the shape of the KN Gemini wheel clashes with the Stag drums but after some minor surgery, it all fits 8) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Sorbington Posted April 25, 2009 Share Posted April 25, 2009 Of course, wheel offset may also affect steering the geometry which amongst other things, could have a bearing on how heavy it feels.Borrow Tim's wheels and try them on your car to see if it makes a difference! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Bancroft Posted April 25, 2009 Share Posted April 25, 2009 Can't remember the offset for my wheels, but they are 5.5J.I don't like massively wide tyres on these cars, 195/65 15 are the tyre size on my car. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Posted April 25, 2009 Author Share Posted April 25, 2009 So really they are practically the same as mine really - hmmm I will have to investigate further... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marc1estate Posted April 27, 2009 Share Posted April 27, 2009 Does this mean that the 7j x 15 slots that I was planning to put on the estate wont fit??????? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shedmonkey Posted April 29, 2009 Share Posted April 29, 2009 only if you put them in the boot! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marc1estate Posted May 1, 2009 Share Posted May 1, 2009 ajp wrote:only if you put them in the boot! ;D yes, very funny, honestly though, could I have a problem should I do some offset checking before I go buying tyres and getting wheel nuts made, I believe they used to live on a TR6 before I had them, swapped for a set of HS6s Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krusty2000 Posted May 1, 2009 Share Posted May 1, 2009 Yes you should check the offset before you buy some tyres. I tried some TR6 steel wheels on my Mk1 but they stuck out by a couple of inches (but my car has MK 2 rear suspension) so if you have MK 1 suspension you might be ok. My car now has 15 x 7J wheels with 205/60/15 Yoko tyres the clearance between the tyre & wheel arch lip is aprox 15mm. I brought my wheels from CW not cheap I know but at least I knew they would fit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shedmonkey Posted May 1, 2009 Share Posted May 1, 2009 Agree with Krusty on this one you might have a problem with your 7J if you are using MK2 back end- Have a word with CW My Mk1 with mk2 back end using 14x6J has a "pie eaters finger width" clearance to the lip of the arch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marc1estate Posted May 2, 2009 Share Posted May 2, 2009 Right, thanks guys, I too have MK11 rear suspension it's the only way to go, I used 6j x 14s and 195 70s on my MK1 saloon with MK11 suspension and thinking back they were a bit on the tight side, I think it was only the negative camber that saved the day Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GTRoger Posted October 7, 2012 Share Posted October 7, 2012 Well... my PI suffers from heavy steering and as expected the topmounts can cause this. Chris Witor sells NOS topmounts for 90 quid and Rimmer does (I think) repro's for half the money. Anyone got experience with either one of them? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Sorbington Posted October 7, 2012 Share Posted October 7, 2012 It's the washers and bush which wear and make the steering heavy, you can replace all these for a few pounds. I guess the NOS topmount is only the bonded rubber part and won't include all the thrust washers etc. You only need to replace the rubber part if it's breaking up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GTRoger Posted October 7, 2012 Share Posted October 7, 2012 Cheers! Will take a closer look soon to investigate what's actually wrong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Jones Posted November 4, 2012 Share Posted November 4, 2012 Recently greatly lightened the steering on my Mk2 PI (which also has 7 tooth pinion "quick-rack") by pumping up the tyres a bit more to 33 psi (were about 29-30) and checking tracking again which was slightly toe-out giving it a light vague feeling about the straight-ahead quickly weighting up as lock was applied. Now it's slightly toe-in it feels less vague in the straight ahead and doesn't seem to weight up so much as lock is applied.Nick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doug Thompson Posted November 5, 2012 Share Posted November 5, 2012 My mk1 has roller top mounts but its still a pig to park or manuvere at low speeds , having said that i'm keeping them !! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Jones Posted November 5, 2012 Share Posted November 5, 2012 Ah, yes..... parking/low speed maneuvers....... cheaper than joining a gym!I have most bits to add PAS, but this involves effort, rethinking my trigger wheel arrangements (so I can add the PAS pulley) and it has also been suggested (correctly I fear) that the PAS rack will want to be in the same place as a corner of the TR6 exhaust manifold...... Enough to make me lie down until the feeling goes away!Nick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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