Hi,
I picked up my Stilo a couple weeks ago with a few known issues but have come across another.

The steering feels notchy, especially apparent when on the motorway where you'd need to turn the wheel half a degree or so. My steering it moves from position A to B which might total 3 degrees or something, it's certainly not smooth at all. Means as I go down a straight road I'm having to very gently weave left and right to maintain a straight line.

When I got the car it had a couple advisories from the MOT on it.
Nearside front suspension has slight play in lower ball joint
rear (both) axle beam has slight vertical movement between stub axle/axle beam
Nearside suspension arm has slight play in track control arm inner bush

I had the tracking done so the steering is at least straight.

Any ideas? A mad googling session is suggesting the steering rack is on the way out, but would any of the advisories above be a cause (before I go off and hunt a scrapyard for a rack)?

Cheers

Check the pinch bolts (TORX) at the top and bottom of the steering column extension are tight.

Thanks for the reply.

Without sounding like a newbie (which I am), where on the attached picture of a steering column would I find the little blighters? Or is it further into the gubbins of the car?

There's one on each end of this rod. Bottom one is visible on the floor, top one is behind the column/switch shroud.
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