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Omega Help Area => Omega General Help => Topic started by: Ziad on 02 November 2009, 04:42:22

Title: Camber, Caster and Toe settings.
Post by: Ziad on 02 November 2009, 04:42:22
Guys, once again, I would really appreciate your help. I did a search, but could not find the information I was looking for  :-[ :-/  Would someone be so kind as to provide me with the camber, caster and toe settings for a facelift mig for front and back please? I have just changed all the parts in the front suspension (tie rods, droplinks, wishbones, front discs and i dont know what  all the stuff is called  :D ) and will be going to have the camber / toe / alignment done this evening.

Thanks  :y
Title: Re: Camber, Caster and Toe settings.
Post by: Lazydocker on 02 November 2009, 11:13:44
Best bet is to contact Tony at WIM... I'm sure he'll help you out, especially as you're so far away ::) ::)
Title: Re: Camber, Caster and Toe settings.
Post by: Martin_1962 on 02 November 2009, 20:48:49
Some people have ship their cars from the middle east to Chesham I was told. :o :o
Title: Re: Camber, Caster and Toe settings.
Post by: rustym95 on 02 November 2009, 23:04:15
front wheels
saloon---------1o40+-45'
estate----------same 1o
castor-----------saloon
5o40+-1o
estate-- 5o+-1o
left to right dif 1o
toe in
saloon-----------0o10'+-10o
estate same
rear wheel alignment
camber
saloon-1o50' +- 40'
estate -1o40'+- 40'
max dev left to right 45'
toe in
saloon -0o20'+-10'
estate same
max dev left to right 25'
all setting are fully laden 70kg load in each front seat and full tank of petrol.
Title: Re: Camber, Caster and Toe settings.
Post by: Kevin Wood on 03 November 2009, 09:49:34
Quote
front wheels
saloon---------1o40+-45'
estate----------same 1o
castor-----------saloon
5o40+-1o
estate-- 5o+-1o
left to right dif 1o
toe in
saloon-----------0o10'+-10o
estate same
rear wheel alignment
camber
saloon-1o50' +- 40'
estate -1o40'+- 40'
max dev left to right 45'
toe in
saloon -0o20'+-10'
estate same
max dev left to right 25'
all setting are fully laden 70kg load in each front seat and full tank of petrol.


Those might be the figures "out of the book" but set an Omega up to those tolerances and it'll be all over the place and wearing tyres like no tomorrow. In particular, once the suspension has some wear the front camber setting needs to be much less. Around 1o10' seems to be typical, but it really needs someone like Tony at WIM to assess the dynamic camber on the individual car to set it up perfectly.

Kevin
Title: Re: Camber, Caster and Toe settings.
Post by: Ziad on 03 November 2009, 14:49:44
Alright, seems i'll have the camber set at 1o10 in that case and hopefully that will help my tyres.

Great stuff guys, I thank you again  :y
Title: Re: Camber, Caster and Toe settings.
Post by: Ziad on 05 November 2009, 03:10:38
Bloody camber, wheel alighment, balancing, toe all done properly along with full geometry setup. Now, the car feels a lot more different and behaves properly on the streets even when I misbehave with her  :D ;D :y

Note to Kevin : ALL front suspension parts have been changed with new genuine parts  :y