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Omega General Help / Re: Brakes pulling sharply to the left

« on: 16 May 2010, 21:59:17 »

Yeah got it thanks. Only just sent you one back as I think that I caught the same wobbler that you were talking about. Which bit did you miss read? Didn't notice anything odd in your PM.

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Omega General Help / Re: Brakes pulling sharply to the left

« on: 16 May 2010, 20:55:20 »

I'm quite happy to bring it over to Reading if it's easier too.
 

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Omega General Help / Re: Brakes pulling sharply to the left

« on: 16 May 2010, 20:53:55 »

Sounds good. Can it wait until the weekend as I've run short of money now until Friday. If you PM me your number I'll give you a call and have a chat about it. Really appreciate your help mate.
K

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Omega General Help / Re: Brakes pulling sharply to the left

« on: 16 May 2010, 20:17:47 »

No, had to prioritize with money a little bit, and WIM said that I shouldn't bother. When they did the biz with the alignment machine they noticed that the bush on the new arm (the rear bush with the bolt that goes through vertically) was faulty and so I had to get that changed. Then when I left after that it was a bit better but still not right.
I took it back yesterday and they said there was collective play on the joints across the whole rod and so they loosened everything and set the wheels straight before tightening it all back up again.
It's all a bit better but not sorted. Forget to put the other arm on my list but getting short of money as I've had to put a tyre on now aswell.

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Omega General Help / Re: Brakes pulling sharply to the left

« on: 16 May 2010, 19:33:19 »

Ok, it's been in three times now. The guys at wheels in motion are spot on, really helpful and I've not got anything bad to say about the place.
But it's not sorted the problem. So now I'm thinking about replacing the track rod all the way across, the new steering idler, the arm that runs the steering, both wheel bearings and the front brake pads.
If I do that will that sort out my problem?
It's a bit different now that the geometry has been done. Steering wheel is now over to the right when the car is going straight and the brakes are still funny. Also feels like the right wheel is being forced right when steering tightly to the left and is almost grinding the tire along the road.
Bit fed up with it now but need to sell the car so have to get it sorted.
@ chrisgixer... you know that it says on your profile that you have a trade card.....

If anyone close to me thinks that they can take it and sort it out for a reasonable price then give me a shout and we can sort something out. Really need to get it sorted out now.
Cheers all.

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Omega General Help / Re: Brakes pulling sharply to the left

« on: 09 May 2010, 14:52:12 »

Yeah, we nearly did that. We sort of raised the hub to where we thought it would be under weight and then tightened the bolts as tight as we could with a socket bar.
I'll call them first thing in the morning. Thanks very much for your help. It all makes a lot more sense now.

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Omega General Help / Re: Brakes pulling sharply to the left

« on: 09 May 2010, 14:28:29 »

Ok, thanks mate. Are WIM quite good at getting you in quickly?
And I didn't really understand about the setting to vertical. Do you use the two bolts that connect the hub to the shock to adjust?
Thanks again.

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Omega General Help / Re: Brakes pulling sharply to the left

« on: 09 May 2010, 14:07:13 »

I'm guessing that by camber you mean the vertical angle of the wheel?
I didn't even know that you could change that.
When I said that I had the tracking done, the guy who did it set the two front wheels with a laser against each other and to the back wheels. Is that a geometrical set up? I can change the other wishbone tomorrow if I need to but need to know what to do after that.
If you tell me what I need to do and where to have it done I will go and get it done.
Thanks everyone for all your help so far.
Thanks everyone.

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Omega General Help / Re: Brakes pulling sharply to the left

« on: 09 May 2010, 12:08:41 »

Just had it down at a garage to have the tracking done. When he finished I drove the car out and the wheel was about an eighth of a turn to the right when driving straight.
Took it back and as I turned in to the garage there was a clunk from the offside.
The tracking had gone off already.
So he jacked the car up and we found that there was play on the offside wheel, which seems to be the bearing. Everything else is tight as and so it seems that that must be what it is.
I'm going to get a new bearing fitted tomorrow along with new pads and see if that does the trick.

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Omega General Help / Re: Brakes pulling sharply to the left

« on: 08 May 2010, 20:09:31 »

The disc is alright. I don't understand either unless i've done something to the suspension when wiggling it around or something like that.
The MOT was a retest so they didn't check the brakes the second time.
Funny though because I didn't notice anything when I drove home last night after changing the lower arm, it was this morning that it started.
Now I'm wondering if someone is messing around with my car because I had a couple of nails in a tire the other day and now it's behaving really oddly when I brake. It's driving perfectly well otherwise :question :question :question

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Omega General Help / Re: Brakes pulling sharply to the left

« on: 08 May 2010, 15:33:42 »

Thanks mate.
I've just been over to my mates house and had a look.  A couple of things that we have noticed are:
The offside brake is working and I managed to make a small skid mark down his road with both sides.
The nearside inside pad has worn a lot more than the outside one.
When the car pulls to the left the steering turns a bit to the right.
We have used an old tracking set and it looks like the tracking is outward rather than inward.

Really hoping someone has had this problem before as my mate is quite clued up about these things and is totally stumped by it.

Cheers all.

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Omega General Help / Brakes pulling sharply to the left

« on: 08 May 2010, 09:46:35 »

Hi again,
Just fitted a new offside lower arm as you may have seen in my previous thread.
Problem that I have now is that the car is pulling to the left quite significantly when the brakes are applied. I'm not sure but it may have been the fact that we were using WD40 to get the bolts moving when changing the arm. The other thing that we did was put a jack under the disc to lift the hub off the ball joint pin. So I'm wondering if this might have warped the disc so that the pads are not closing?
If it's WD40 causing the problem will this burn off or is there any way of cleaning it off, or will the pads have absorbed it?

Maybe there are other suggestions that you have about the cause. I don't think that the brake lines are damaged as we were very careful around them but we did have the track rod end off so that we could move the hub around.

Thanks in advance for any help.
Kieren

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Omega General Help / Re: Starting Problem

« on: 09 May 2010, 21:23:30 »

If it's your crank sensor then give me a shout as I have a spare bosch one. I got fed up with waiting for the one I had ordered off the internet and went and brought one from a Vauxhall dealer. Then the one that I ordered came the next day.
Check which plug it is and if the one I have matches then I'll post it to you for £30.

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Omega General Help / Re: Wishbone/lower arm

« on: 08 May 2010, 09:38:57 »

Cheers everyone, got it sorted. Did all the things that were suggested and now have a shiny new MOT certificate

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Omega General Help / Re: Wishbone/lower arm

« on: 07 May 2010, 07:05:10 »

Right, got one, thanks all. Tried to fit it last night and couldn't get a socket to fit on the clamp bolt on the hub. Does anyone know what size it is? I'm guessing 18mm as that is the only size that I don't have. How very annoying.