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Omega General Help / Re: Will Plastic Metal Fix This??
« on: 24 September 2008, 18:42:48 »
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Omega General Help / Re: Wheel bolts
« on: 24 September 2008, 18:48:35 »
I know it's probably wrong but i tighten mine up as tight as they will sensibly go with a spider wrench. Always cone undone with some effort and never had a loose wheel yet
(fingers crossed)
(fingers crossed)
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Omega General Help / Re: Camber adjustment - how?
« on: 24 September 2008, 18:57:18 »
Well...
Having expected trouble undoing the knukle to strut bolts, they came off very easily.
Adjusted using a spirit level, plates under the tyres to get the car level and a bit of rusty triganomitry.
Checked the torque figure and tightened....
Too not much before the bolts went "soft"
Now i know Mr Haynes says to use new bolts, so 2 new bolts fitted and torqued up ok.
I think someone had buggered around with this in the past, and due to not being tightened correctly the camber had collapsed in on it's self
Having expected trouble undoing the knukle to strut bolts, they came off very easily.
Adjusted using a spirit level, plates under the tyres to get the car level and a bit of rusty triganomitry.
Checked the torque figure and tightened....
Too not much before the bolts went "soft"
Now i know Mr Haynes says to use new bolts, so 2 new bolts fitted and torqued up ok.
I think someone had buggered around with this in the past, and due to not being tightened correctly the camber had collapsed in on it's self
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Omega General Help / Re: Camber adjustment - how?
« on: 19 September 2008, 18:34:43 »
Still don't know which bolts to loosen.
Is it the ones on the strut turret?
Is it the ones on the strut turret?
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Omega General Help / Re: Camber adjustment - how?
« on: 19 September 2008, 18:33:16 »
Quite an interesting discussion this has turned into 
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Omega General Help / Re: Camber adjustment - how?
« on: 19 September 2008, 14:08:22 »Quote
Any pic's Mark?QuoteIf you need to do a rough alignment and you have a flat floor you can use a spirit level to measure how far off the vertical the wheel is sitting and calculate the angle with a bit of trigonometry. Probably best only for a rough setting after a wishbone change, etc. A geometry tester will make a much better job assuming the user is any good.
Kevin
I would not agree on the camber.....my results to date show it to be VERY accurate if don with care!
Toe is something i have not managed to suss out yet though
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Omega General Help / Camber adjustment - how?
« on: 19 September 2008, 10:24:53 »
Is there a guide on here how to check and possibly adjust front camber?
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Omega General Help / Re: mutli ram problem
« on: 24 September 2008, 18:44:44 »
With a warm engine, slam the throttle wide open, you should see it move open for a moment. Needs a lot of intake vacuum for it to work which is difficult to achieve with the engine off load, but do-able.
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Omega General Help / Re: Tyre wear - cause?
« on: 17 September 2008, 19:09:24 »
So what about the wear on the rear?
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Omega General Help / Re: Tyre wear - cause?
« on: 17 September 2008, 11:05:19 »
Any recomendations other than Vx for shocks?
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Omega General Help / Re: Tyre wear - cause?
« on: 17 September 2008, 10:49:44 »
Just read Tony from WIM's explanation in FAQ's about camber.
This could be related to the fact that the front springs seem very soft - always hitting the spliter on the road on the downside of speed bumps -even when i'm not flying
Could be looking at new springs and shocks then before alignment.
This could be related to the fact that the front springs seem very soft - always hitting the spliter on the road on the downside of speed bumps -even when i'm not flying
Could be looking at new springs and shocks then before alignment.
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Omega General Help / Re: Tyre wear - cause?
« on: 17 September 2008, 10:45:13 »
No not swopped, and fronts were new when i bought it last December and the rears fairly new.
Can't remember what the fronts are but the rears are Nankang ditchfinders which actually seem ok
Can't remember what the fronts are but the rears are Nankang ditchfinders which actually seem ok
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Omega General Help / Tyre wear - cause?
« on: 17 September 2008, 10:35:01 »
I'm suffering from advanced tyre wear and need to fix cause before fitting new boots. Ideally a visit to WIM is the answer but time and distance prohibit, and anyway, if it is wishbones, would need to change first.
What do you guys think?
[size=14]Front offside inner edge - outside ok[/size]
[size=14]Front Nearside inner edge - outer is ok[/size]
[size=14]Rear Nearside[/size]
The rear offside looks similar to the rear nearside
What do you guys think?
[size=14]Front offside inner edge - outside ok[/size]
[size=14]Front Nearside inner edge - outer is ok[/size]
[size=14]Rear Nearside[/size]
The rear offside looks similar to the rear nearside
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Omega General Help / Re: Cruise servo box types
« on: 17 September 2008, 17:38:57 »
Well the bowden cable is ok, it's just the internal ribbon in the box that is FUBAR