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Omega Help Area => Omega General Help => Topic started by: david2310 on 26 September 2010, 23:01:54
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can anybody tell me why omega's have 2 different springs on the front end and which side has the shortest
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can anybody tell me why omega's have 2 different springs on the front end and which side has the shortest
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Springs are the same length either side, front to rear. In other words, axle pairs. No one side is longer/shorter than the other.
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i have a w reg 2000 plate and when i phoned vauxhall and euro parts both told me that there are 2 different springs there handed but the only difference i can see is that 1 is shorter than the other
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Not 100% on the handed bit, but both should be the same free length and spring rate.
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ok now im really confused
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i have a w reg 2000 plate and when i phoned vauxhall and euro parts both told me that there are 2 different springs there handed but the only difference i can see is that 1 is shorter than the other
There will be at least 2 different spring types depending on model, but not 2 diffent types on the same car..
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springs are the same on both sides of the same axle. Its why buying in axle pairs is so important.
Front and rear axles are a differant design though.
Somebody on a winde up somewhere along the line i rekon?
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if you have differant length springs on the same axle then one has broken off at the end. Tis common sadly.
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it is actually quite common to have different free length springs across an end of a car - it helps to even out the weight if one corner has a greater weight than the other. In race-car land it's called "cornerweighting", usually achieved by adjusting up or down the spring platform on the damper.
I have very occasionally seen different spring rates across cars as well, for the same reason.
I didn't think Omega B had either of these, tho