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Quick question on driving
« on: 15 July 2010, 18:07:37 »
My Omega seems all over the place when driving, feels like it wonders about and when u hit an uneven surface it pulls the car all over the place. Does anyone else get this from theres?

I cant decide if its just road surface or my car, sometimes on motorway driving i scare myself even doing 60ish where it suddenly feels like the car isnt attached to the wheels. It feels very light!

Any ideas at all? tyre pressures are always checked by the way, although the tyres are fairly near the limit on the front.

Thanks
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Re: Quick question on driving
« Reply #1 on: 15 July 2010, 19:25:52 »
 :-/ bump bump
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Re: Quick question on driving
« Reply #2 on: 15 July 2010, 19:30:25 »
how mny miles has the car done ?
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Re: Quick question on driving
« Reply #3 on: 15 July 2010, 19:31:46 »
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Re: Quick question on driving
« Reply #4 on: 15 July 2010, 19:36:21 »
replace your shocks  :y
they will be well knac*erd by now  :y

had the same problem with mine
replaced them with 4 x kyb's
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Re: Quick question on driving
« Reply #5 on: 15 July 2010, 19:43:15 »
chck wishbones and steering idler
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Re: Quick question on driving
« Reply #6 on: 15 July 2010, 19:44:23 »
check the t/rods and idler for play and wishbones for excess play.
Mind on lane one of the m-way trucks spend most of there time there and you get ruts forming :y
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Re: Quick question on driving
« Reply #7 on: 15 July 2010, 20:12:07 »
its funny u guys say about the shocks n wishbones etc.. i think  they were on advisories on last mot. Shocks have week bounce and wishbone bushes deteriorating. Hmm time to start saving then? :(
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Re: Quick question on driving
« Reply #8 on: 15 July 2010, 20:12:45 »
How would i go about checking the steering idler?
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Re: Quick question on driving
« Reply #9 on: 15 July 2010, 20:17:32 »
right, what tyres do you have on at there at the moment? Any suspension work been done?

Steering idler should have not much movement on it by hand
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Re: Quick question on driving
« Reply #10 on: 15 July 2010, 20:22:55 »
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How would i go about checking the steering idler?
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Guide here:


http://www.omegaowners.com/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1268602974 
« Last Edit: 15 July 2010, 21:26:34 by Alan-Hearn »
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Re: Quick question on driving
« Reply #11 on: 15 July 2010, 20:26:43 »
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How would i go about checking the steering idler?
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Guide here:


http://www.omegaowners.com/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1268602974  :y :y

I get this error from that link  :-/

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And Tunnie,

There was abit of work on the front in the engine bay, a patch of weld i think but the subframe was dropped to do the work. This was at last mot!
Front tyres are both Kumho's if thats any help?

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Re: Quick question on driving
« Reply #12 on: 15 July 2010, 20:30:05 »
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How would i go about checking the steering idler?
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Guide here:


http://www.omegaowners.com/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1268602974  :y :y

I get this error from that link  :-/

This field only accepts numbers from 0-9 Thread ID: '1268602974

And Tunnie,

There was abit of work on the front in the engine bay, a patch of weld i think but the subframe was dropped to do the work. This was at last mot!
Front tyres are both Kumho's if thats any help?

Cheers


Whoops. :-[ :-[

Its on page 1 of the Maintenance Section and was written by TheBoy. :y

Sorry about that. :-[
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Re: Quick question on driving
« Reply #13 on: 15 July 2010, 20:31:45 »
smilies after url's stop em working unless you bracket them  :y
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Re: Quick question on driving
« Reply #14 on: 15 July 2010, 20:36:44 »
Ahh got it now cheers, i see this can make the same sort of symptoms then that i seem to be having.

Well thats another thing i need to add to my list! is ebay the cheapest place to get one?
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