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[Chewy34]

Hi All,

New omega driver here. Just bought a 1996 2.5v6 and drove it home last night. Managed to get fairly scared as the while car vibrated when I got to 80mph. Dry much coming from the front end it felt worse than just balancing..

Sort of felt worse when going round a bend (drove me round the bend!)..

Any ideas gratefully received.. 

Chew

[mickyboy123]

Hi and wellcome, yes keep to the speed limit. Only jocking i would gues something in the ball joint and droplink department ,but some one with a wealth of knoledge on these fine cars will be along very soon.

[Keith ABS]

Bad tyre
Keith B

[terry paget]

Loose wheel? Wheel imbalance? Track rod end gone? I would swop wheels back to front, while front wheels are off look for anything loose, like the steering bottom ball joint.

[ronnyd]

Best not to hammer it too much at first as it,s an unknown quantity. When you get used to it and its many little
foibles you should be ok to thrash.

[Paddy Flannery]

Have a peek at the front tyres with the steering hard right/ left. You could have uneven wear that is causing the vibration. Omegas can get down to the wires on front tyres if geometry is out and it's not readily noticeable until you examine the tyres under full lock.

[ckz]

Check the front wishbone mounts

[Andy B]

nearly a fortnight later & no reply from the OP 

[Broomies Mate]

One of those 1 post wonders.

I find it very odd that someone would take the time to sign up to a forum, start a thread and then never come back.

Meh! 

[05omegav6]

Maybe he crashed before he could reply

[TheBoy]

Rear balancing tends to show up around that sort of speed.

[the alarming man]

Rear balancingtends to show up around that sort of speed.

so does Mr Plod........

[chrisgixer]

Rear balancingtends to show up around that sort of speed.

so does Mr Plod........

Oh shut uuuuuup!

Mr Plod would be busy from here to eternity at 80 round these parts.

[terry paget]

Rear balancingtends to show up around that sort of speed.

so does Mr Plod........

Oh shut uuuuuup!

Mr Plod would be busy from here to eternity at 80 round these parts.

I learned on my speed awareness course that the average speed on English motorways is 82mph. Parliament considered raising the limit to 80, but decided not to as then we would all go along at 92.

My satnav tells me that at a genuine 82mph my speedos read an optimistic 90mph, except in my ex-plod, which reads 82.

[05omegav6]

I use the 10%+2 as a hypothetical limit... might get a tug if they're bored, but shouldn't be fast enough to worry the camera vans

Remember kids, speeding is naughty