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QuoteQuoteQuotecool ta.Needs a 10 tonne press, and thats borderline...
would the old 'big washer little washer' trick do it? ie using a very long threaded bolt and a mahusive washer to squeeze the bushes in?
Is there any benefit at all in buying bushes from another company? ie performance ones? do they really make any difference to handling over pattern poly ones?
I'll agree to that!!
Nah, a 6 ton one (bottle jack) on a home made frame pumped until the safety valve is popping (so about 8-9 ton) and then a light tap on the runner with a lump hammer works well.
The correct drifts are the hard thing to get, just like I have in the garage
QuoteOh ok, got me wires crossed, was thinking the MeyleQuoteWhere to start? Well i was at the knowledge day, and still have every intention of 2 tyres and a Geometry set up at wim. But i have to sort wishbones first obviously. I need a kick up the arse as its dragging on. I have the bmw bushes.The problem is, for me at least, 2 to 3 hours of labour to change the bushes in the wishbones costs more than a set of genuine lemforder wishbones from autovox at 120 plus delivery. Yes we are getting better bushes, but at the end of the day i can do the job with stock bushes on the drive for less. Therefor the job now is to find an easy cheaper way of pressing the bushes,
1. Take the car to a garage or wim, removethe wishbones press the bushes refit. A bit risky, if for what ever reason the bones cant be rebuilt and put back on the car,eg if the press brakes or the bush or wishbones are damaged, dont fit, or whatever. And cost as above.
2 as 1 but find an old pair of bones, as back up just in case. At least you will have something to fit to the car if it goes wrong. Still pricey.
3 find an old pair of bones, deliver them and bushes to a press owner and pick up later when done, then fit on your drive. History of bones is unknown.but should be cheaper?
4 buy a new pair of cheap bones £50 jobs, press new bushes into them and then fit on drive.
Once done visit wim.
For me 4 sounds favourite.
Opinions please. Cheers.
Chris, If it's the bushes you got from me [iggy21uk] the Horizontal bushes are not the BMW bushes. If you look at pics from order thread
the BMW uprated bushes are not concentric.
It's the Meyle Omega bushes I got.
and Bmw same thing. Clearly not. I have Meyle then, as from your good self. Whoops.
Where to start? Well i was at the knowledge day, and still have every intention of 2 tyres and a Geometry set up at wim. But i have to sort wishbones first obviously. I need a kick up the arse as its dragging on. I have the bmw bushes.The problem is, for me at least, 2 to 3 hours of labour to change the bushes in the wishbones costs more than a set of genuine lemforder wishbones from autovox at 120 plus delivery. Yes we are getting better bushes, but at the end of the day i can do the job with stock bushes on the drive for less. Therefor the job now is to find an easy cheaper way of pressing the bushes,
1. Take the car to a garage or wim, removethe wishbones press the bushes refit. A bit risky, if for what ever reason the bones cant be rebuilt and put back on the car,eg if the press brakes or the bush or wishbones are damaged, dont fit, or whatever. And cost as above.
2 as 1 but find an old pair of bones, as back up just in case. At least you will have something to fit to the car if it goes wrong. Still pricey.
3 find an old pair of bones, deliver them and bushes to a press owner and pick up later when done, then fit on your drive. History of bones is unknown.but should be cheaper?
4 buy a new pair of cheap bones £50 jobs, press new bushes into them and then fit on drive.
Once done visit wim.
For me 4 sounds favourite.
Opinions please. Cheers.
Hi all, just had a visit to Wim with my daughter's car.
I expected Tony to have had a run of Omega's after our knowledge day but no - only one member had turned up with some uprated (BMW spec?) bushes for Tony to fit. By all accounts, the job was a bit of a nightmare taking over 3 hours to fit! I know that he now has uprated bushes but the labour involved makes it an expensive job.
Which means, there are still lots of Omegas out there (including mine) which still require new bushes.
I will now go for a new pair of wishbones, but iirc the stealers charge a ridiculous price for them (part of general chat during our knowledge day).
I spotted this on a thread the other day.........
Re: Omega unteven tyre wear, and cambelt changes ?
Reply #8 - Yesterday at 12:00 For straight replacement - new GM wishbones £25 a side. It's not worth the aggro of changing just the bushes at that price...
http://www.vauxcentre.co.uk/index.php?option=Prod_detail&product_id=485975&image...
Are these really GM parts or at least a good alternative? Seems a bit too cheap to me.
I would appreciate some input from those who have changed wishbones and some feedback as to how good they are.
(I have tried searching the forum but it is difficult to pin down this info)
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Weather permitting, I'm doing my cam belt kit/water pump change tomorrow. I've searched this site and the web for needed torque settings, but no luck, anyone help please :question .
Just had my firmware updated by The Boy including the gearbox. I wasn't sure about the geabox at first but having driven at bit further now it is an improvement on how it was. I would recomend having it done.
would something like rthis do the job
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&Item=230260545160&Category=30921&_trksid=p3907.m29
or this one?
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&Item=330241770242&Category=30921&_trksid=p3907.m29
QuoteQuoteQuoteneither of my laptops have a serial port :-[next please
Just seen " usb " cable one on egay at mo no bids under £20 Thats if these are the cables your on about ??
The USB model i bought at £30.00 would not connect to MY CAR
other people may have had better luck?
When you say would not connect to your car, do you mean the plug fit or it just never recognized it when all was connected car/cable /laptop ?
Quoteneither of my laptops have a serial port :-[next please
Just seen " usb " cable one on egay at mo no bids under £20 Thats if these are the cables your on about ??
