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Omega Help Area => Omega General Help => Topic started by: Andyb on 11 January 2009, 10:02:18

Title: Bloody steering
Post by: Andyb on 11 January 2009, 10:02:18

god my car is a pain in the arse
replaced wishbones
shocks
droplinks
springs
idler arm

and the dam thing still wanders real bad  its bloody dangerous can be driving in straight line next thing im off the road and always to the left i know it needs setting up but its as bad as it was before i replaced all the bits any help

Title: Re: Bloody steering
Post by: VX1 on 11 January 2009, 10:07:12

Have you replaced the idler arm? This can cause the pulling as well.

HTH

Paul  :y

Title: Re: Bloody steering
Post by: Andyb on 11 January 2009, 10:09:09

yep just added it to list

Title: Re: Bloody steering
Post by: osealy on 11 January 2009, 10:29:16

Worn or mixed tyres will do this too. I put new pair on & car was going all over the place until I rplaced the other two,

Title: Re: Bloody steering
Post by: TheBoy on 11 January 2009, 10:34:44

get a full geometry done on it - my mv6 is wandering at mo, camber is well out....

Title: Re: Bloody steering
Post by: Andyb on 11 January 2009, 11:41:18

i just hope that cures it or i will have to sell the dam thing at the mo i know its out got bad wear on outside edge of front tyres
but it has got to be worth a try so it will be either wim or the place in loughbrough dont know yet

Title: Re: Bloody steering
Post by: Martin_1962 on 11 January 2009, 11:43:45

Full geometry setup :y

Wheels in motion

Title: Re: Bloody steering
Post by: Omega25DTI on 12 January 2009, 19:51:24

Had the same problem on my 02 Omega 2,5DTI estate, changed all the bits in the steering, but the problem was still there. The front tires was all gone in one year, and the car was all over the road. The roads here in Norway is garbage.
Then i decided to change the orginal 235/45-17 tires into some 225/45-17. And WOW what a difference. Now the car is normal to drive, the only problem now is that the 6cyl BMW diesel engine is very heavy, making the car to feel heavy in the front.