Omega Owners Forum
Chat Area => General Car Chat => Topic started by: Omegatoy on 10 January 2011, 15:46:17
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Still trying to work this one out,
camber tracking etc etc were all spot on when we left uk its since been back a few times and also checked then but all the time i have had a slight but annoying pull to the right, never could get to the bottom of it,
However today I was just pottering on the motor checking it for faults and worn things etc etc, and just happened to notice the drivers side looked lower than the passenger side (tyre to arch lip gap) so out come the tape measure and sure enough it was an inch lower than the passenger side, so as i had spare struts and springs in the shed i changed them, low and behold the car now sits level and is indeed an inch higher than before on the drivers side,its exactly the same as the passenger side now,
on test driving it after fitting it all I was amazed the pull to the right has gone!! :y it now tracks dead straight and true, can only think the weaker spring on the original strut was affecting the camber or caster on the drivers side? should add took loads of measurements to ensure i got the settings exactly the same as they were before i changed it, its certainly a nice result for me but interested in anyones comments on the shall we say worn spring? or maybe its a trait of older cars that the long term effects of just a driver in the car does wear the spring down?
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good news well spotted :y
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IIRC O/S spring should be longer than N/S, maybe wrong spring fitted on original strut
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Whatever it was 'Toy - the end result was a result. 8-) :y ;D
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any car that does not go straight make me mad, and I end up with full geometry/mechanics.. you can guess how much I spend for that :-/
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was the sagged spring on your, er - the driver's side ? :D
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was the sagged spring on your, er - the driver's side ? :D
lol know what your trying to say!!!! ::)
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I've had similar on the MV6.
Yes, 2woody, it was the drivers side...
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Fat boy fat? ;D
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maybe the drivers side springs should be police spec for the 'larger' Omega driver ::) ;D
Seriously though good spot G :y
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IIRC O/S spring should be longer than N/S, maybe wrong spring fitted on original strut
Blimey, never heard of that!
Mr Toy. I guess you must have been in England to be able to take measurements that accurately! I have yet to find any level ground here.
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IIRC O/S spring should be longer than N/S, maybe wrong spring fitted on original strut
Blimey, never heard of that!
Mr Toy. I guess you must have been in England to be able to take measurements that accurately! I have yet to find any level ground here.
lol nope simply marked( where the wheels were on the road front and back,(,read made four rectangles out of wood which were custom fitted round the wheels then nailed to the road) ::)did the job tested it then parked it back in the exact same space so the readings should have been the same if nothing was disturbed, seems to have worked a treat!
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Fitted a few front springs now, never noticed different lengths, don't think this applies to the omega tbh. Wim have no allowance in their ride hight settings for a higher drivers front corner with no driver in the car.
Empty car should have the same ride hight all round, going by their set up procedure for measuring ride hight on the omega!
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http://www.omegaowners.com/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1291485879
;)
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I have some new unused irmscher springs in the garage, I'll have a measure later.
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I have some new unused irmscher springs in the garage, I'll have a measure later.
No need, post them over to me and i'll measure them :y
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Fat boy fat? ;D
I reckon that's why my drivers side wishbone (or shock, or droplink, or .. something!) has started knocking and the car has all the directional control of a drunk sailor.
Or that could be the ruddy great pothole I hit .. :-[
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Or that could be the ruddy great pothole I hit
That's the one. :'(
Sorry to be a doom monger, but...
What you might find happening soon is that both the front wheels start to toe in when you load the front suspension, ie braking firmly. Steering wheel will shake violently at the same time. And all this will be accompanied by a clonking that will make you think that the subframe has just dropped off. :o
About to replace the wishbones, struts, track rods and drop links on mine. Hopefully this will cure it. :-/
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Fitted a few front springs now, never noticed different lengths, don't think this applies to the omega tbh. Wim have no allowance in their ride hight settings for a higher drivers front corner with no driver in the car.
Empty car should have the same ride hight all round, going by their set up procedure for measuring ride hight on the omega!
shouldnt be any difference in new sprigs apart from the drivers
side being a little lionger but not all are, however my problem was caused i think by an old spring(far as i know it was original)
and had simply got tired over the years, i.e. lost its spring tension, thats what caused the height difference :y