Omega Owners Forum
Omega Help Area => Omega General Help => Topic started by: pirate on 30 July 2012, 20:24:21
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first, is it worth the £29.95 for polybush
secound,can the bushes be changed in situ without dropping subframe ?
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yes
yes :y
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i got a polybush kit for mine last year, comes with the antiroll bar bushes and two front bushes for the bottom arms too. the bottom arm bushes are more of a pain cos i had to burn out the old ones first. but yes the anti roll bar ones can be done without dropping the cradle, slightly fiddly but yes it can be done. wether its worth it I dont know yet, only time will tell
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Brett
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I'd rather boil me head than poly bush the front arb again. Bloody awkward it was
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Why was that Geoff? Not done these me self.
Are they worth the effort?
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easy done with a crowbar. :)
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ive not done them on my omega but ive done them on my calibra, and they tightend the feel of the car up, they feel like brand new rubber bushes but still feel like brand new rubber bushes 3 years later after some track abuse, if youve got to replace your bushes and you can afford the extra cost of poly then i would recommend it you wont need to replace them again :)
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Also considering front arb bushes are about £3 each from vx. Iirc
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Also considering front arb bushes are about £3 each from vx. Iirc
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New VX ones would make a noticable difference compared to 100+k/8+ yearold ones. whether the polys are worth the extra £27 depends on how often you actually change the stock ones I guess :-\
Easy enough to change/access whilst all the intake gubbins is out for the cambelt change :y
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Why was that Geoff? Not done these me self.
Are they worth the effort?
Well not that I know a great deal about it all, but essentially it was only two bolts each side, remove cover, bush out bush in replace cover and bolt up. Just bloody awkward for access for what should just be an easy straightforward job. Although as usual there was probably an easier way that I didn't do!
That aside, I can't see the benefit of poly bushing the arb, I reckOn most omegas will have their original ones, and if they need replacing, normal ones will probably outlast the car. I only fitted them as I got them cheap. I cant really see any advantage over standard that polybushing the w/b bush over standard would give.
And it bloody squeaks now!
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Why was that Geoff? Not done these me self.
Are they worth the effort?
Well not that I know a great deal about it all, but essentially it was only two bolts each side, remove cover, bush out bush in replace cover and bolt up. Just bloody awkward for access for what should just be an easy straightforward job. Although as usual there was probably an easier way that I didn't do!
That aside, I can't see the benefit of poly bushing the arb, I reckOn most omegas will have their original ones, and if they need replacing, normal ones will probably outlast the car. I only fitted them as I got them cheap. I cant really see any advantage over standard that polybushing the w/b bush over standard would give.
And it bloody squeaks now!
did you not put some grease on the bar first? before putting the bushes on.
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There is one legitimate use for copper slip. Usually comes with a sachet of goo.
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So the poly bushes ain't harder than the original ones?
My car get very twitchy and scary to drive at higher speeds, so i'm fitting full coilover set and front strut brace from wiechers.
Was thinking of doing the anti rollbar bushes in poly aswell, but are the original ones just as good?
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So the poly bushes ain't harder than the original ones?
My car get very twitchy and scary to drive at higher speeds, so i'm fitting full coilover set and front strut brace from wiechers.
Was thinking of doing the anti rollbar bushes in poly aswell, but are the original ones just as good?
Change the wishbone bushes and get it set up at Wheels in motion (or similar) first :y Alot cheaper for better results :y
There is one legitimate use for copper slip. Usually comes with a sachet of goo.
Daz seemed to think there were two... ;D
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last thing to do every thing else new,and uprated then having the geo set up as its settled now its nice to go into a round about above 50 mph and go round it can even get the front perellis to sqweal lol :y
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Why was that Geoff? Not done these me self.
Are they worth the effort?
Well not that I know a great deal about it all, but essentially it was only two bolts each side, remove cover, bush out bush in replace cover and bolt up. Just bloody awkward for access for what should just be an easy straightforward job. Although as usual there was probably an easier way that I didn't do!
That aside, I can't see the benefit of poly bushing the arb, I reckOn most omegas will have their original ones, and if they need replacing, normal ones will probably outlast the car. I only fitted them as I got them cheap. I cant really see any advantage over standard that polybushing the w/b bush over standard would give.
And it bloody squeaks now!
did you not put some grease on the bar first? before putting the bushes on.
Err, yeah
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if your going to the expense of coilovers and strut brace then in my opinion fitting polys is a no brainer!