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05omegav6

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Re: front tyres
« Reply #15 on: 07 September 2014, 22:41:55 »

Its all green on sheet ses its within its range. Or dont that make a diffrence it drives fine just feels very light the steering thats all :-*

In the green just isn't good enough I'm afraid on an Omega. In fact, the GM supplied data for the Omega is far to vague to be of use.
You say that, the college introduction for the Omega is pretty specific, as is the Thatcham repair data wrt geometry :y
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chrisgixer

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« Reply #16 on: 07 September 2014, 22:55:24 »

Its all green on sheet ses its within its range. Or dont that make a diffrence it drives fine just feels very light the steering thats all :-*

In the green just isn't good enough I'm afraid on an Omega. In fact, the GM supplied data for the Omega is far to vague to be of use.
You say that, the college introduction for the Omega is pretty specific, as is the Thatcham repair data wrt geometry :y

...I think Al needs a curry. He's in withdrawal or something. Those figures combined are double what they should be. DOUBLE!

And perhaps not surprisingly, Op might be seeing double the edge wear.


....although if it is indeed outside edge wear, we might be looking at an idler issue as well.

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05omegav6

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« Reply #17 on: 07 September 2014, 23:12:55 »

That's coming upto bush mileage too...

The original settings are quite tight, but tyre places like pretty pictures to baffle punters...

That place has cleary adjusted the toe spot on, with no thought as to what effect those camber/caster settings might have with those toe settings :o there's also little reason why the thrust angle cannot be 0° what like it should be

I should add, when I say college, I meant the Vauxhall college official introduction, rather than Slough Poly ;D
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Re: front tyres
« Reply #18 on: 08 September 2014, 01:48:47 »

Fronts.

Left front.                                   Right front.

-2.13 camber                             -2.22 camber

4.43 caster                                   4.57 caster

0.05 toe                                        0.05 toe



0.10 total toe

0.00 steer ahead.


Rear.

Left rear.                                      Right rear.
-1.35 camber                              -1.51 camber


0.10 toe                                          0.11 toe

0.21 total toe

-0.01 thrust angle




0.10 toe

Those should be -1.10

There you go - you're the one giving out WIM's data on an open forum :o :o :o  Seem to remember you saying it should be kept "confidential"as WIM had put a lot of effort into getting to these figures  ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;)

I wonder why Wim helped us out online with those settings though dbug? I bet it wasn't so members could trot off to another firm instead.

...and I know they asked for those settings not to be made public as such, although -1.10 is common knowledge to be fair.

Does a rocket have a camber setting though ? :-\     ;D
« Last Edit: 08 September 2014, 01:55:34 by dbug »
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chrisgixer

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« Reply #19 on: 08 September 2014, 06:48:54 »

Fronts.

Left front.                                   Right front.

-2.13 camber                             -2.22 camber

4.43 caster                                   4.57 caster

0.05 toe                                        0.05 toe



0.10 total toe

0.00 steer ahead.


Rear.

Left rear.                                      Right rear.
-1.35 camber                              -1.51 camber


0.10 toe                                          0.11 toe

0.21 total toe

-0.01 thrust angle




0.10 toe

Those should be -1.10

There you go - you're the one giving out WIM's data on an open forum :o :o :o  Seem to remember you saying it should be kept "confidential"as WIM had put a lot of effort into getting to these figures  ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;)

I wonder why Wim helped us out online with those settings though dbug? I bet it wasn't so members could trot off to another firm instead.

...and I know they asked for those settings not to be made public as such, although -1.10 is common knowledge to be fair.

Does a rocket have a camber setting though ? :-\     ;D

Yeah, see. You've highlited the wrong bit there, haven't you! Ya Eejit ;D

Now fixed. ;)
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Re: front tyres
« Reply #20 on: 08 September 2014, 13:01:26 »

Hi chris. I cant seem to put pix on here wonder if i emailed them to yo weather you could put them on for me :y
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Re: front tyres
« Reply #21 on: 08 September 2014, 17:16:29 »

Any put these pics on here for me :y
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Re: front tyres
« Reply #22 on: 08 September 2014, 17:58:07 »

It was fields tyres in hove
If your ever up north I can recommend a place that did full geo setup on my mini face lift omega.  Car feels transformed, goes round corners like on rails now and best she has ever been (and I have has her from 6 month old  :y). Puts a smile back on face to drive  :)

Here is the Before and after with mine which I posted a few months ago when Nigel Langs waved their magic spanners over her   :y
http://www.omegaowners.com/forum/index.php?topic=123495.0

As I said, my baby is transformed now  :y :y :y :y
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chrisgixer

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« Reply #23 on: 08 September 2014, 22:36:48 »

Hi chris. I cant seem to put pix on here wonder if i emailed them to yo weather you could put them on for me :y

Try the guide. If you get stuck pm me and I'll send the address.

http://www.omegaowners.com/forum/index.php?topic=52309.0

(Easy peasy ;) )
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