Omega Owners Forum
Omega Help Area => Omega General Help => Topic started by: nickomega on 18 May 2008, 20:51:53
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i have a problem with my omega steering pulls all over the road plus comeing into corners u have to slow down and on a little bend on a good a road at 55mph feels like u are off in the field just put 4 new tyres on and had it tracked still the same had new socks and springs not long ago on back any ideas where to start with her.nick
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i have a problem with my omega steering pulls all over the road plus comeing into corners u have to slow down and on a little bend on a good a road at 55mph feels like u are off in the field just put 4 new tyres on and had it tracked still the same had new socks and springs not long ago on back any ideas where to start with her.nick
What make model and size of tyre do you have on the front.
Alan
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What was the tyre wear like on old tyres. Sounds like an alignment issue, or serious wear in suspension components
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tyre wear was fine tracking been done and is fine
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235/45/17 thats my tyre size had problem with old tyres and still got it with new tyres so its not the tyres
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tyre wear was fine tracking been done and is fine
Tracking doesn't really mean much, just means front wheels are pointing straight, with no regard to what rears are doing. 4 wheel alignment is little better, just ensuring the fronts are pointing same direction as rears, which may or may not be straight. Then factor in that the Omega is prone to camber problems as it ages. This is why I haven't had mine tracked for about 3yrs, instead always having a proper geometry check.
Some tyres, particularly directional ones, seem to be more prone to tramlining than others, but if its as bad as you say, you need to be looking at alignment issues, either alignment itself, or massive suspension wear that causes aligment to intermittently drop out of spec.
First thing, jack it up, look for play in suspension/steering/wheel bearings