The Omega; a funny old sod (geometry thread)

[Webby the Bear]

Lol yes mate. Tyres all good. And new

[TheBoy]

Lol yes mate. Tyres all good. And new

But (semi) shite.

[dave the builder]

skittish behavior at only 70 mph don't sound to me like tyres
I've had black n round tyres on my carlton before without issue
though i've always tried to keep on top of suspension wear 
hence wondering if the idler arm bush was bummed

[Kevin Wood]

Don't need to jack car up, just get 8, 18" square pieces of steel, grease them up make 4 sandwich, then you have 4 skid/turntable plates.

a glossy magazine under each wheel works just as well.

But then Webby would ruin his copies of Jugs Monthly..

there's three adjustments worth in a year. And if you replace all of the service/wear parts it won't need doing for ages - twice in the nine years I owned the car.

If only they worked as well with the pages stuck together. 

[aaronjb]

The RRS is a bit wandery - I've put that down to the worn wheel bearing (must change that, it's starting to get very groany, but I need a 270Nm torque wrench - for the caliper bolts!), 120k bushes and steering box, which I've always thought were a bit shite compared to a rack.

The MINI tramlines like an absolute monster - I've put that down to the Firestone tyres on the front and probably worn shocks.. but mostly the tyres. What tyres do you have, Webby?

[Webby the Bear]

Aaron swing by if u need to borrow anything. I have 320 (I think) torque wrench. And if it's something I ain't got I'm sure one of the other bell ends will 😃😃😃

Four kumhos as of couple months ago. I don't think it's the tyres. But as said we will see if tony can work some magic. He started talking about moving wishbones around lol

[aaronjb]

Thanks for the offer young Webs, much appreciated 

[Webby the Bear]

Booked in for 28 November at WIM 

[VXL V6]

Just had two new tyres on the daily, can see why it has an unpredictable lurch / understeer for a split second sometimes... The rear wishbone Bush is cracking on one side. For reference, it was a Meyle wishbone and has covered 30K.