Omega Owners Forum
Omega Help Area => Omega General Help => Topic started by: Malabo on 04 March 2009, 09:15:24
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Hi,
got the Omega and it seemed to be OK, other than 'grabbing' in roundabouts etc, until the wife slipped off a country road in bad weather. The steering had a wobble at 45ish. Didn't get tracking looked at until it had rubbed inner edge off n/s tyre very quickly.
After local garage had done 4 wheel allignment, when applying brakes, it pulls to off-side but steering wheel goes to near-side. Anyway, garage says 'the car has had a new o/s swinging arm' done before we got it. (I also ound one wheel had a flat edge on inner side which was MOT failure) They have had it in a couple of days now and cannot see anything wrong and are baffled.
Anyone any suggestions as I can see I'll be getting it back without it being resolved. The gararge did call yesterday to confirm OK to change front flexible brake hoses - just to eliminate I assume.
Thanks
Malcolm
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check the wishbone bushes for play. Common failur on the Omega
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Thanks, I believe that they had checked them as they stated that it had been replaced - suggesting it had been done with a pattern part that may be sub-standard.
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I've replaced my 2 wishbones with pattern parts and they are fine.
Did they check the brake calipers?
If the pistons in the n/s side brake caliper were sticking a bit, or the caliper wasn’t sliding properly, the o/s brakes would grab better, causing a pull to that side.
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Thanks,
I believe that was their first suspicion after the four wheel alignment.
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also only changing the wishbone on 1 side can cause issues
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Have you checked to make sure your wheels are still straight??
I had a buckled wheel a few years back which gave me trouble at that sort of speed...