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Omega General Help / Re: Steering weirdness

« on: 13 March 2010, 22:31:25 »

Thanks guys - if this was broken then in theory the steering could be iffy, vague at one moment then hyper sensitive ?

yep, can do, although i've not has si fail. However i do also wonder if the work done is correct?

Who did the alignment? What was the camber set to? if merely set to factory settings then it could still be far from ideal and still be causing significant tyre wear. All these can make the car react massively to road inperfections.
 
So, questions are
What tyres?
What pressures?
What camber angle? base setting should be 1°.10
Any wheel baring play? up to .5  of a mill is ok
Any track rod end play?
Any steering idler play?
Where wishbones fitted correctly wheels loaded?
What make wishbones fitted?


And where is the car, roughly?

I'll find out these bits tomorrow.

Of top of my head:

Michelin Primacy tyres
Factory pressure settings
Car is in Horsham, West Sussex

Other stuff I'll check tomorrow.

Thanks!!

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Omega General Help / Re: Steering weirdness

« on: 13 March 2010, 18:18:00 »

Thanks guys - if this was broken then in theory the steering could be iffy, vague at one moment then hyper sensitive ?

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Omega General Help / Re: Steering weirdness

« on: 13 March 2010, 17:52:29 »

Thanks guys - what does the steering idler do?

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Omega General Help / Steering weirdness

« on: 13 March 2010, 16:37:31 »

Hi there

I'm posting this on behalf of my Father in-law.

He has a V6 Auto Omega and is complaining about the steering. He says the car feels disconcertingly 'disconnected' from the steering wheel, and is extremely sensitive to movements of the wheel (in an OTT way)

He's had new tyres, alignment and bushes done but is now considering selling the car as it feels so off. He only has one arm so uses a knob on the wheel so needs to feel otherwise in control

Thanks