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Omega General Help / Re: Rear Brakes
« on: 26 April 2020, 09:39:11 »
How about stainless steel pop rivets 2.4mm seems about the smallest i can see?
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Omega General Help / Re: Rear Brakes
« on: 25 April 2020, 22:23:59 »
Things were going very well and i offered up one of my old discs which I'd cleaned up the inside leading edge and it was tight,too tight in fact they are Delphi LS1381 and have more meat on them than the old GM ones so I'll double check it again tomorrow and if I can't get it free it up then I might have to reuse the old ones.Will see better I suppose when new discs arrive but it's fractions i suppose!! This pad retaining clip as the rivet has just gone on one but it generally looks solid enough and reason I couldn't nut and bolt it? Thank you Johnnydog for your offer which I may well take up but will try all avenues first
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Omega General Help / Re: Rear Brakes
« on: 25 April 2020, 22:04:21 »
Well I found a solution to putting those damn springs/cups on ,firstly I found a 2BA nut spinner on a screwdriver just perfect fit for inside the cup leaving a small lip on the cup.Then I found a piece of wood drilled a hole same size as nut spinner end then cut the end out forming a U shape and used it as a wedge.Push nut spinner in push on cup having lined it up then apply wedge holds everything in position then you can remove nut spinner then with torch and lond nosed pliers turn pin and it was really quite successful,when located just push spinner in to remove tension on spring and withdrawal wedge simples!!!!
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Omega General Help / Re: Rear Brakes
« on: 25 April 2020, 10:21:38 »
Firstly thank you all for your comments,when I bought the car about 3 years ago it had only done 49000 and had the oil cooler blown.It came with a pile of old receipts for garage work done and so the pads must have been fitted wrong as there is no damage to the shim but glad at least to have found it and now I can put it right hopefully.Looks like I'll have to lash out £59 for VX but one wonders what will happen in the not to distant future for all our cars if these pins etc become even more unavailable?
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Car Parts, bits For Sale & Wanted / Re: Spring clip rear caliper
« on: 25 April 2020, 00:24:15 »
And how did you overcome the problem?
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Omega General Help / Re: Rear Brakes
« on: 25 April 2020, 00:22:59 »
Well thank you DG I got the information from an Omega owner of over 19 years so looks like he's been running a serious risk and I will inform him.
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Omega General Help / Re: Rear Brakes
« on: 24 April 2020, 23:27:28 »
Thanks AndyB for the tool although again not sure how it works it regards to the turn seems another blind job
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Omega General Help / Re: Rear Brakes
« on: 24 April 2020, 23:21:30 »
So I was going through the hub with pliers whilst trying to push spring back and locate it through hole almost impossible in itself but tomorrow is another day and we try again with possible new ideas including a sleeve to push through hub and a U shaped spanner off an angle grinder oh and a piece of angle iron with a hole in it.Why didn't they make it a lot easier I'd love to watch someone do it but all I can find is Yanks on Youtube and wrong cars.Bosch brake discs seem very reasonable any experience with them? And have been informed that Apec Kit 315 will fit with replacing pins and springs.Have also found uneven pad wear and one of the shims had moved inwards towards the hub almost touching
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Omega General Help / Re: Rear Brakes
« on: 24 April 2020, 16:09:22 »
What a pig of a job this is fitting those shoe retaining springs back on! I simply can't get them on assume there must be a special tool because compress and lineup at the same time almost impossible HELP!!!!
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Omega General Help / Re: Rear Brakes
« on: 24 April 2020, 10:48:10 »
Just checked in the shed and I have some Castrol LM Grease which has a high melting point so I think that should do hopefully
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Omega General Help / Re: Rear Brakes
« on: 24 April 2020, 10:43:15 »
Ahh don't think I have any grease like that any recommended product I can get in?
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Omega General Help / Re: Rear Brakes
« on: 24 April 2020, 10:25:39 »
Thanks for referring me back to that as that's the guide I've been using is it Copper slip for everything when grease is referred too?
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Omega General Help / Re: Rear Brakes
« on: 24 April 2020, 10:02:12 »
Apart from Copper grease on the pads anything else I should grease up whilst it's all apart?
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Car Parts, bits For Sale & Wanted / Spring clip rear caliper
« on: 23 April 2020, 23:54:13 »
Coming to all our cars I'm sure but my spring clip has just broke on the rivet and wondering if anyone has one to spare
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Omega General Help / Re: Rear Brakes
« on: 23 April 2020, 22:05:03 »
Any recommended discs and pads?