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[Olympia5776]

Hi all
I fitted the strengthening plate kit to both front doors on my yr2000 CD estate about a year ago ,but the series of loud cracks still persist . has anybody tried fitting the rear stays to the front doors to see if that eliminates the noise? The arms are not the same length but I think they may be interchangeable.
Normally I would get a couple from a breakers and try it out but I'm now over in deepest Southern Ireland and there's no breakers about far less Omega's....

[sounds2k]

Hi, you need to read (or re-read) the how-2 guide here: http://omegaowners.com/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1152902108

in essence, you need to change the plastic bushes - that's what causes the cracking sound.

On my facelift miggy that's ALL I changed (as the bracket on the 'A' pillar has been half pullled off at the top on the driver's side I reckoned the door must be strong enough!) and no more cracking sound ...

[JasonH]

To fully quieten mine down I needed to feed a lot of grease into the mechanism. Put a blob on the stay, close and open the door, then do it again, etc. etc.

The spring loaded arm bit inside just creaked and cracked as it did its thing.

[nixoro]

Have the rollers inners deteriorated only I tried the fix only to find one of the rollers were knackered and in the end I removed mine until I can get a replacement.

HTH