dont think they work with PAS tho do they?

quickrack is the way to go thats what i have got and only cost £125 i think from TAS http://www.tas.uk.com/. 2 1/2 turns lock to lock but it is a little hard but you do get used to it and builds up the muscles.
I think the play in the rack is just the way it is and not that there is a problem as my old standard corsa steering rack did this.

hmm sounds good that, but i take it its not gonna be PAS....

I specut i cud change it myself but i havent done that sort of thing b4..

i wanted a corsa without power steering, and thats what i got.......never liked it, especially on small cars.

i found a site a little while ago and was shocked at how cheap the rally ones were.

will try and find it again.

2 and half turns from lock to lock

Yeah a new PAS rack wit fitting is not goping to be cheap so im hoping i can at least improve it with something else....

mine is like this too, if u parked up and wobble steering wheels left to right u can hear it knocking too, garage said "its the pinion on the steering rack"

i'm looking at a quick rack to get installed when engine goes in.....

yeah i know about tramlining, that not what im on about...

You can be on a dead flat perfect piece of road and move the wheel a fair way without affecting the wheels at all, this is deffo play somewhere in the sterring, i just dont know if it means a dodgy rack or if it could be something else loose somewhere i can look at first??

Wrong offset wheels can cause tramlining, as can fooked tracking. Best to replace the cheap bits first before pulling rack to bits.

Is this going to be due to my old dodgy steering rack, or could anything else cause it?

You can move the wheel a fair bit without affecting the wheels at all and im sure this isnt right...