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[Mr Hagon]

Well, the Omega has been WIM'd as of Wednesday and it went fairly well.

The M25 was kind to me so I got there about 9:15am to find Tony waiting for me.  In the end I was out of there just gone 10:30am and that included the geometry setup and four new tyres.

The place still looks quite like a building site, particularly the reception area, but Tony said that they would be tidying up in advance of the open day on Sunday.

Overall the service was great and he was happy for me to nose around and get under the car.  I even got a cuppa to keep me going!

Now for the bad news!  It would appear that the wishbones are shot and both the rear track arms refused to be adjusted, despite taking advice from Big Al and using a whole can of Plusgas.  So a return visit is in order once I've sorted out the parts...

In terms of driving and handling the car doesn't launch itself at the kerb any more, although as Tony pointed out the right side of the car was actually doing the pushing, and it's good to have four identical tyres on the car again.

Mark

[SP_3.2]

Hi Mark

Had the same with mine wishbones where way gone. Got a new set for £57 all in and had them fitted by Tony and set up last weekend a lot better now.  

[Mr Hagon]

Cool, where did you get the wishbones from?  Looking at a few other posts, Vx ones can cost a lot compared to pattern parts that look identical.

Mark

[Dazzler]

Cool, where did you get the wishbones from?  Looking at a few other posts, Vx ones can cost a lot compared to pattern parts that look identical.

Mark

Vail auto parts, Tooting Bec do FAI ones for £24 each

[Danny]

Well, the Omega has been WIM'd as of Wednesday and it went fairly well.

The M25 was kind to me so I got there about 9:15am to find Tony waiting for me.  In the end I was out of there just gone 10:30am and that included the geometry setup and four new tyres.

The place still looks quite like a building site, particularly the reception area, but Tony said that they would be tidying up in advance of the open day on Sunday.

Overall the service was great and he was happy for me to nose around and get under the car.  I even got a cuppa to keep me going!

Now for the bad news!  It would appear that the wishbones are shot and both the rear track arms refused to be adjusted, despite taking advice from Big Al and using a whole can of Plusgas.  So a return visit is in order once I've sorted out the parts...

In terms of driving and handling the car doesn't launch itself at the kerb any more, although as Tony pointed out the right side of the car was actually doing the pushing, and it's good to have four identical tyres on the car again.

Mark

VERY prone to rusting solid, I had to have mine replaced about 2 months ago!

[Mr Hagon]

Danny, can I ask where you got your rear track arms from.  It's looking like there's only the Vx items around.

Mark

[Marks DTM Calib]

Danny, can I ask where you got your rear track arms from.  It's looking like there's only the Vx items around.

Mark

I suspect they are.

The approach I take with them is to remove them and get them in a vice. Then wrap a wet cloth around the ball joint end (to protect it) and heat up the joint.......never failed to free one off yet!

[Mr Hagon]

Danny, can I ask where you got your rear track arms from.  It's looking like there's only the Vx items around.

Mark

I suspect they are.

The approach I take with them is to remove them and get them in a vice. Then wrap a wet cloth around the ball joint end (to protect it) and heat up the joint.......never failed to free one off yet!

Yep, I guess that's one way of doing it.  However I suspect Tony @ WIM was reluctant to do that as I guess I could have ended up with a car that I couldn't drive home.

He did try heating the arms up but they just wouldn't budge.  That was despite spending the preceding week slathering them in Plusgas...

Mark