Omega Owners Forum
Omega Help Area => Omega General Help => Topic started by: terry paget on 30 September 2014, 09:07:38
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Haynes recommends removing the hub assembly to facilitate replacing handbrake steady springs, so tricky he found to replace them. The OOF guide states that early Omegas had a different arrangement, with a long pin holding the steady springs, with a screwdriver head at the one end and a spread end engaging in a slot in the backplate at the other. Thsi earlier system appears so superior to the later tricky one that I wonder why they changed. Please enlighten me.
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The hole rots and widens, thus the spade end pulls through. The later system witgh a 'washer' with a slot in it can rust all it likes, all you need to do is put on another slotted washer, costing pence, rather than replace the whole plate, costing more than pence :y
A retro mod, fitting said slotted washer affair is doable (and has been done by myself/others)
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Thank you. Good reason. As an owner of six 13 year old Omegas I am glad Opel made that change now. I have just changed the shoes on my Opel 2.5, bit tricky but not too bad a job, much better than having to repair a rusted slot in the back plate.
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No worries :y