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Re: Whys This Then??
« Reply #15 on: 17 March 2010, 17:35:27 »

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Sorry, forgive my ignorance in this field! I take it poor camber causes the tyres to wear on the inside. I do believe it was the tyre issue that I requested be fixed when I left the car in. I was told that it is difficult to rectify, and to be honest I don't recall if any improvements were made at all. I just buy cheaper tyres now!

The problem is the limits for camber specified for the Omega allow too great a negative camber angle (top of tyre pointing "inwards" towards the centre of the car relative to the bottom of the tyre).

This means you can take it to a tyre outfit, they put it on the machine and it shows the adjustment in the "green" when it's actually excessive, and will wear tyres.

What you need to do is to take it to someone who knows what they are doing such as Wheels In Motion. I appreciate that's not going to be easy given your location (a lovely part of the world, BTW) so the next best thing is to take it to a garage with a decent full geometry system, and specify that you want -1o10' to -1o15' of camber. That should be about the right ballpark.

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Re: Whys This Then??
« Reply #16 on: 17 March 2010, 20:03:47 »

I haven't done this myself but I understand that the front hub is bolted to the McPherson strut and has an elongated top bolt hole.

Setting the camber involves loosening the bolts to change the angle of the hub on the strut.
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Re: Whys This Then??
« Reply #17 on: 17 March 2010, 20:17:43 »

Cheers Kevin, for the info and indeed the sentiment. Armed with actual figures as you have indicated will allow me to appear as if I know what I'm talking about, when I find someone I can trust to carry it out! I must have a look for the printout I received the last time just to see if camber was done at all.
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Re: Whys This Then??
« Reply #18 on: 17 March 2010, 20:18:50 »

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I haven't done this myself but I understand that the front hub is bolted to the McPherson strut and has an elongated top bolt hole.

Setting the camber involves loosening the bolts to change the angle of the hub on the strut.

Not sure I would fancy messing with this myself  :o
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