Has it made the front end less wobbly?

Gordon, I've been asking myself the same question. It's certainly quieter and less clonky which makes it seem less wobbly. But trying to demonstrate the wobbles to Marty last weekend made me realise how tricky it is to reproduce the issue on demand.

There's a general improvement with the front driveshaft unable to move 10 mm back and forward whenever the axle is unloaded as it was doing before but I hit a change in the road surface tonight and got three rapid shakes of the steering wheel before it calmed down.

I think there's more to find but I don't know where to look next.

Check the bushings where the radius arms connect to the chassis. These will cause the shakes you speak of.

Back in Spain ('89) I had this 109 Stationwagon, for MOT (ITV over there) they parked it on a sort of shaking rollerbank to check any play in steering and suspension. A real killer but if there was some play anywhere it showed up. Wonder if a thing like that still exists.

It does. One of the MoT stations I use has one so the test can be done by one man. No need for a second person to sit in the car wobbling the steering wheel when the pads on the ramp can do it for him. I suspect it's something marketed at one-man testing stations specifically.

Could it be an idea for Morat to go there and ask for a test? Won't be that expensive and it clears a lot.

Top tips! I'll have to have a go at the radius arms when I get a chance. I don't know if a trip to Peterborough would be on the cards but it sounds intruiging :)

The Kwikfit near me has one.

Don't judge me. They managed to do the front alignment where a tyre place wouldn't touch it... steering boxes are complicated, apparently.

I have had very mixed results from tyre places when it comes to alignment. I guess it doesn't really pay them to do a good job :(