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[Doctor Gollum]

I bought two RH arms because they "appear to be well made" and would be happy to find Lh arms to match .

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The arms only become handed,when the ball joint is attached.

Hence my simple suggestion to turn the balljoint over... like I said, no imagination 

[terry paget]

I bought two RH arms because they "appear to be well made" and would be happy to find Lh arms to match .

,
The arms only become handed,when the ball joint is attached.

Hence my simple suggestion to turn the balljoint over... like I said, no imagination 

Wow! That never occured to me, no imagination I suppose. Just drill out the rivets, and reattach on other side with nuts and bolts, et voila, left becomes right.

[Doctor Gollum]

I bought two RH arms because they "appear to be well made" and would be happy to find Lh arms to match .

,
The arms only become handed,when the ball joint is attached.

Hence my simple suggestion to turn the balljoint over... like I said, no imagination 

Wow! That never occured to me, no imagination I suppose. Just drill out the rivets, and reattach on other side with nuts and bolts, et voila, left becomes right.

Simplicity itself

[biggriffin]

I bought two RH arms because they "appear to be well made" and would be happy to find Lh arms to match .

,
The arms only become handed,when the ball joint is attached.

Hence my simple suggestion to turn the balljoint over... like I said, no imagination 

Wow! That never occured to me, no imagination I suppose. Just drill out the rivets, and reattach on other side with nuts and bolts, et voila, left becomes right.

Simplicity itself

Or as a stupid fluffy toy that sells car insurance says"simples"

[Andy H]

I bought two RH arms because they "appear to be well made" and would be happy to find Lh arms to match .

,
The arms only become handed,when the ball joint is attached.

Hence my simple suggestion to turn the balljoint over... like I said, no imagination 

Wow! That never occured to me, no imagination I suppose. Just drill out the rivets, and reattach on other side with nuts and bolts, et voila, left becomes right.

Just make sure to use the appropriate bolts - from memory they are high tensile with a smooth shank about 10mm long, a fine thread and nyloc nuts.

[terry paget]

I bought two RH arms because they "appear to be well made" and would be happy to find Lh arms to match .

,
The arms only become handed,when the ball joint is attached.

Hence my simple suggestion to turn the balljoint over... like I said, no imagination 

Wow! That never occured to me, no imagination I suppose. Just drill out the rivets, and reattach on other side with nuts and bolts, et voila, left becomes right.

Just make sure to use the appropriate bolts - from memory they are high tensile with a smooth shank about 10mm long, a fine thread and nyloc nuts.

Thank you. I did wonder whether the bolts were critical.

[cam.in.head]

Obviously due to my 'lack of imagination' i have now discovered that the arms can be handed by turning over the balljoint.i never knew this and now know that this can be done.i live and learn. Thankyou .id bet there are some other omega owners or garages that didnt know either. Wish id known a few years ago. Anyway its still strange that through the many omega arms ive done over the years including genuine ones its only recently that ive found the two arms with the different rear bush. As i posted earlier they look heavy duty like meyle ones for golf and some audi.see the pictures for yourself and see what you think. As we all know ,the rear bushes dont last long even gm ones .i assume this forum is for people to help others and come up with things ,ideas they may not have seen or been aware of.

[Doctor Gollum]

There is only one other bush application in the known universe than dimensionally matches the rear bush.

It has been well documented here but is unsuited to this application and is most certainly NOT a VAG product

If you've not seen a matched pair of arms, then you've clearly never bought genuine GM arms or bushes. You'd be readily able to identify the real thing because they're about £270 each...  incidentally, Autovaux aren't known for accuracy when it comes to product sourcing

[Mr Gav]

There is only one other bush application in the known universe than dimensionally matches the rear bush.

It has been well documented here but is unsuited to this application and is most certainly NOT a VAG product

If you've not seen a matched pair of arms, then you've clearly never bought genuine GM arms or bushes. You'd be readily able to identify the real thing because they're about £270 each...  incidentally, Autovaux aren't known for accuracy when it comes to product sourcing

I`ve never had a problem with Autovaux and looking at the OP`s location it`s not a bad place to start, I`ve used them for years for Carlton, Senator and Omega parts and if you specify GM parts that is what you get.
They have the 10/40 GM oil in stock and last time I got some it was £48 for 20 litres 

[terry paget]

There is only one other bush application in the known universe than dimensionally matches the rear bush.

It has been well documented here but is unsuited to this application and is most certainly NOT a VAG product

If you've not seen a matched pair of arms, then you've clearly never bought genuine GM arms or bushes. You'd be readily able to identify the real thing because they're about £270 each...  incidentally, Autovaux aren't known for accuracy when it comes to product sourcing

I`ve never had a problem with Autovaux and looking at the OP`s location it`s not a bad place to start, I`ve used them for years for Carlton, Senator and Omega parts and if you specify GM parts that is what you get.
They have the 10/40 GM oil in stock and last time I got some it was £48 for 20 litres 

I bought 20 litres TC 10w/40 oil from Drive Vauxhall last month for £22.50 plus VAT, so worth joining Autobahnstormers for that alone.

[cam.in.head]

Just so you can see the other type of rear bush i was talking about ,there are a pair of used arms on ebay at the moment from derby vauxhall spares..you will see what i mean anout the rubber

[Doctor Gollum]

Just so you can see the other type of rear bush i was talking about ,there are a pair of used arms on ebay at the moment from derby vauxhall spares..you will see what i mean anout the rubber

The bushes vary from one (bush) manufacturer to the next. The person that assembles/packs the wishbones doesn't necessarily make the bushes.

It is therefore no surprise that different ones exist incidentally these can be pressed out and replaced with genuine bushes, so most of this thread is irrelevant.

In other words, you're making one hell of a mountain out of it.

[terry paget]

Whta sort of press do you have, Doc? It seems a useful skill to have to replace failed bushes.

[Nick W]

Whta sort of press do you have, Doc? It seems a useful skill to have to replace failed bushes.

I use a cheap 10ton floor standing press from Machine Mart. But the press is the easy bit: look at any working press, and you'll find an assortment of plates, tubes and other fixtures to actually use the thing. It's not a tool that gets used very often, but the saving in time and effort can pay for it quickly.

[Doctor Gollum]

For removal I use a suitable hole saw and a hacksaw.

For refitting, I use a G clamp or two, freezer and blowtorch, but not necessarily in that order