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Omega Help Area => Omega General Help => Topic started by: Bigron on 11 September 2017, 14:29:52

Title: Tracking and camber settings.
Post by: Bigron on 11 September 2017, 14:29:52
As per the title, could anyone please provide the bona-fide (as per WIM?) settings for my 2.6 CDX saloon, '51 Reg, please, as the MOT man failed me on uneven tyre wear on the inside edges and I do not want to wear out two new tyres in similar fashion - I can't afford it!

Also, I had a slow air leak on a rear tyre, diagnosed by KwikFit as rim corroesin and charged me £34 to wire brush it ( ::)) and suggestiong that I got it re-furbished for a long term cure.
Any comments, please?

Ron.
Title: Re: Tracking and camber settings.
Post by: Chazza12 on 11 September 2017, 14:44:17
i had mine checked on 4 wheel alignment at local garage needed adjusting but all in all cost £20 for the work to be done its is advised to loosen them up before taking the mig in as they will charge you for loosening them up if they stuck.  also best to have the new tyres fitted so the alignment is in range.
Title: Re: Tracking and camber settings.
Post by: TheBoy on 11 September 2017, 14:50:34
£34 :o.  I'd expect to pay half that, max.  To them, its no different than fixing a puncture, apart from they don't have to fix any puncture.

Rim leaks are normally due to the rim not being cleaned properly the last time the tyre was fitted.
Title: Re: Tracking and camber settings.
Post by: New POD on 12 September 2017, 21:33:07
These might or might not help


Steering, Suspension, tram lining & tyre wear issues

http://www.omegaowners.com/forum/index.php?topic=90492.0

Front Suspension Parts Identification

http://www.omegaowners.com/forum/index.php?topic=90470.0

Suspension noises or pulling


http://www.omegaowners.com/forum/index.php?topic=90438.0

Why Camber is an issue on Omegas

http://www.omegaowners.com/forum/index.php?topic=90464.0


£34 ? I've paid less for a full wheel refurb.

My local Tyre man charges £5 cash for a slow puncture caused by the rim, including a new valve and balance and £10 for a real puncture.

Unless he sold you the tyre, when he does it for free and £5 respectively

Paul's Tyres Formby L37






Title: Re: Tracking and camber settings.
Post by: Bigron on 12 September 2017, 22:06:08
Thank you for those links, New POD; very useful.
I have vague memories of seeing the full WIM's alignment settings posted on here some time back and as I don't have a WIM branch near me, I was hoping my local garage could use said figures to programme his machine?
I was charged £25 for an earlier (last week) real puncture, advised that the £34 wire brushing may not last for long and suggested a proper refurb for about £70!
Do I live in the wrong place?  :(

Ron.
Title: Re: Tracking and camber settings.
Post by: ronnyd on 13 September 2017, 15:28:38
No Ron, you just went to Kwikshit, that,s the problem. ;)
Title: Re: Tracking and camber settings.
Post by: New POD on 13 September 2017, 21:41:17
Quote from: Bigron on 12 September 2017, 22:06:08

Do I live in the wrong place?  :(



Prices in the midlands are about £40 to £60 for a wheel refurb depending on what spec and treatment you want.

Northwest can be cheaper.
Title: Re: Tracking and camber settings.
Post by: Bigron on 13 September 2017, 21:56:37
What exactly do they do beyond the wire-brushing that KwikFit did?
I was tempted to give the thing a goodly squirt of that emergency tyre sealant - much cheaper even than the wire-brushing!  ???

Ron.
Title: Re: Tracking and camber settings.
Post by: Marks DTM Calib on 14 September 2017, 13:21:08
They should remove the corrosion and then apply a sealant before re-seating the tyre bead
Title: Re: Tracking and camber settings.
Post by: Bigron on 14 September 2017, 13:44:14
Wire brushing and glue - well worth the money!  ::)

Ron.