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[mrgreen]

o.k i'm going to readress this issue after giving up on it so many months ago, whilst doing my back brakes (pita by the way!) i had to take the heat shields off and i managed to inspect the universal joint on the drive shaft which i always suspected was a bit knackered as on backing off there is a reverberation back through the car so this doesn't disturb me so much as i have now lived with it for two years!! my question is could this be a source of tramlining, my winter tyres don't tramline but my old summer  tyres (premacy or pilot? not really sure but standard fare for the omega) were pretty bad for it unless i pumped them up really hard, then i went to 18" wide tyres 225's or something falkens and they still tramlined so this is an issue i geuss with tyre widths bringing this out more  , is this uni joint on the driveshaft a replaceable part as i would be interested to see if this could be the source and i will have the car on the lift next week doing the oil change before winter anyway, wade in let me know your thoughts.

[Rods2]

The list in this thread will give you the tyres recommended from personal experience of having fitted and used them on Omegas, where they are renowned for certain tyre being okay and others causing terrible tramlining.

As it is impossible to tell how a tyre will perform in this respect on an Omega from tests and reviews done on other cars, to date this is the recommended list:

http://www.omegaowners.com/forum/index.php?topic=111577.75

[05omegav6]

The driveshaft vibration has no effect at all on tramlining

[chrisgixer]

Drive shaft is easily changed. Has one of the rubber boots split? But I'd suspect the dif first tbh.

Tramlining...is the car mechanically sound regarding steering and suspension? Especially the bushes. Is the set up correct? Are the tyres wearing evenly?
...is it an Elite?

[Lazydocker]

Both of those tyres mentioned are prone to tram lining, in our experience.

[mrgreen]

Drive shaft is easily changed. Has one of the rubber boots split? But I'd suspect the dif first tbh.

Tramlining...is the car mechanically sound regarding steering and suspension? Especially the bushes. Is the set up correct? Are the tyres wearing evenly?
...is it an Elite?

so it must be tyres then, i've put on Lasso ultra cheap winter tyres on and they don't tram line so i'll just have to live with it over the summer months, in all honesty the Falkens are not nearly as bad as the premacy's but still noticeable, atleast i can drive through the motorway roadworks with them without bouncing off the barriers ( it happened!)

the drive shaft joint i'm talking about is under the heat shield and looks a little perished, the one on the gearbox looks fine, the bushes e.tc are all good, irmscher springs with b4's polybushed, the rear tyres are wearing on the insides which is to be expected with a 30mil drop and 18" rims, not an elite, estate glx I believe? 4 wheel set up after changing the springs/shocks over.

 did an oil change today and I sprayed anti rust on all the rusty bits and then over coated them so hopefully the salt will stay off the bottom of the car this year! I do have a few bits around the rear shock towers and on the front chassis rails under the abs pump which are starting to look a little serious, hopefully my treatment today will slow it down so i don't have to deal with that before i have another car on the road.

[chrisgixer]

Are the Laso new? If so they won't tramline if they are new.

How many miles on the tyres that tramline?

[cem_devecioglu]

most tyres will tramline when worn.. except snow
 
besides lowered suspension setups and most wide tyres will tramline less or more..
 
you can check the list shared in the link

[chrisgixer]

Are the Laso new? If so they won't tramline if they are new.

How many miles on the tyres that tramline?

Ever get the feeling one is talking to ones self?

[05omegav6]

Are the Laso new? If so they won't tramline if they are new.

How many miles on the tyres that tramline?

Ever get the feeling one is talking to ones self?

The rubber donut on the propshaft is easy enough to replace, it's only six bolts plus the heat shield