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[minifreek]

What could cause an Omega to feel like it has a buckled wheel...? when it hasn't...

Iv tried swapping wheels one at a time to try and eliminate a distorted tyre or buckled wheel....

This driving me ruddy nuts.... is it maybe a bearing...? but theres no play in any bearing at all, on all four corners...



So far Iv tried swapping each wheel, Iv tried 3 sets of wheels....

Its to the point where I dont like driving my Omega as the thing is giving me motion sickness... the wife can't feel it and thinks Im making it up LOL



Help and suggestions welcomed....

[Nick W]

In order:
Knackered wishbone bushes
Knackered wishbone bushes

worn steering idler
wornout struts.
Knackered wishbone bushes.

[hoj]

Wishbones

[Kevin Wood]

What are the symptoms? Just vibration through the steering?

[05omegav6]

Failed shocks worth considering too

[minifreek]

OK....

Wishbone bushes.... front or rear....?

Front ones are poly's installed into new Lemforder wishbones around 18-20 months ago...

All shocks are brand new Bilstein B4's....

Steering idler replaced 3 weeks ago...

No vibration or movement through steering....

[minifreek]

This Iv just remembered...

We brought our caravan home yesterday from storage, only a few miles away, and the problem felt worse....

I vaguely remember something about rear driveshafts can cause a similar problem as to what Im getting...

[05omegav6]

If fronts are poly, then it will be the rears...

Worse with the van suggests that either the problem is with the rear shocks/springs or the front is suffering with less weight on it...

Rule out busted rear spring and knackered front wishbone rear bush and report back...

[minifreek]

Springs are 100% perfect Al.... all round..

The thing is its a constant thing, no knocks at all and not intermittent.... I will take a look at the rear front wishbone bushes to see if theres any play in them... I know I need a TRE on the O/S but that won't cause this problem... Im seriously pulling out whats left of my hair trying to sort this ruddy problem out...

[tidla]

This Iv just remembered...

We brought our caravan home yesterday from storage, only a few miles away, and the problem felt worse....

I vaguely remember something about rear driveshafts can cause a similar problem as to what Im getting...

Had it on front wheel drive cars, worth checking the driveshafts for play along with propshaft and bearing/donuts.

[aaronjb]

Diff mounts or rear subframe mounts?

[sjc]

Diff mounts or rear subframe mounts?

That'd be my guess. Is it worse when accelerating?

[terry paget]

You say it's like a buckled wheel. Is it regular, and in time with wheel revolution? Is it a swaying, a vibration, or a sound? Does it do it under power, and/or on overrun? Does it seem to be from front or rear?

[minifreek]

Doesn't seem to get any worse under acceleration... not under normal acceleration anyway.. I dont drive like a nutjob LOL

It is regular and feels like the car is moving from side to side, it more a feeling than a sound... Theres no noise and doesnt feel like vibration. Feels like its from the rear, Id feel it through the steering wheel maybe if from the front...?

[Diamond Black Geezer]

If she's seen over 150k then probably worth changing the rear donuts anyway. (says the man who has 181k on the clock on factory originals  ) I know it's not guaranteeing to cure your issue, but it'll both tweak the handling nicely, and also remove this from the list of possible causes.