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Omega Help Area => Omega General Help => Topic started by: tooleater on 27 July 2020, 13:53:58
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Hi guys is there anywhere I could purchase 2 over a counter before Thursday at reasonable cost with decent longevity, only cover approx 3k a year..
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Hi guys is there anywhere I could purchase 2 hubs over a counter before Thursday, at reasonable cost with decent longevity, only cover appox 3k a year.
Cheers :y
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Ebay or your nearest motor factors.
Although if you're only doing that mileage, are they bad enough to warrant changing?
Only ever changed front bearings on one Omega :-\
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It's a bit odd having to change both ???
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I have 2 hubs of a 2.2 2002 model but it would be getting them to you as I live on the south coast
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Ebay or your nearest motor factors.
Although if you're only doing that mileage, are they bad enough to warrant changing?
Only ever changed front bearings on one Omega :-\
. It's just me DG, prefer to change both. Mot was an advisory
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My IT skills are appalling :-[
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Ebay or your nearest motor factors.
Although if you're only doing that mileage, are they bad enough to warrant changing?
Only ever changed front bearings on one Omega :-\
. It's just me DG, prefer to change both. Mot was an advisory
Considering that most of these cars are scrapped with their original bearings, they're really only worth changing when they fail. If they were ordinary taper bearings it might be worth removing, cleaning and inspecting them(I don't see the point of doing this on a car, although it's SOP on aircraft) but it's not possible on sealed bearings.
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Ebay or your nearest motor factors.
Although if you're only doing that mileage, are they bad enough to warrant changing?
Only ever changed front bearings on one Omega :-\
. It's just me DG, prefer to change both. Mot was an advisory
I think that's why I changed the one I did, although that had more to do with having it replated following an accident repair as I didn't feel the need to give the council any excuses not to replate it rather than because the bearing was actually bad.
I would rustle one up before the next test*, but probably wouldn't fit it unless it fails.
Chances are that it won't fail and you've got another year to deal with it :y
*presumably Thursday, hence the urgency...
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In all my years of Carlton and Omega ownership, I've never changed a front hub bearing, :)
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In all my years of Carlton and Omega ownership, I've never changed a front hub bearing, :)
I had one replaced on my Omega .... I provided an OE bearing & someone else fitted it for me.
Don't ask Nige .... ::) ;)
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I suppose it's just me guys. I bought genuine Vx Mv6 front springs and shocks some years ago, which weren't cheap. 2 years ago Serek fitted new wish bones with poly bushes and a Vx brake discs. As I'm due to visit him this Thursday for a water leak issue, possibly Hbv if I can make it to Huntingdon. I thought while I'm there let's get the Mot advisory for play in NSF bearing sorted. I need to delve deeper on water leak, a litre of water in 10 miles is not good :(
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That should be easy to find...
If it is the HBV then it can be made better or worse by setting the climate control on both sides to HI or LO :y
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That should be easy to find...
If it is the HBV then it can be made better or worse by setting the climate control on both sides to HI or LO :y
Tbh, for the price hbv cost just change it, big but time my last one turned out to be leaking pipes that went to matrix,not hbv, Had hbv and by luck the pipes too. ;)
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I suppose it's just me guys. I bought genuine Vx Mv6 front springs and shocks some years ago, which weren't cheap. 2 years ago Serek fitted new wish bones with poly bushes and a Vx brake discs. As I'm due to visit him this Thursday for a water leak issue, possibly Hbv if I can make it to Huntingdon. I thought while I'm there let's get the Mot advisory for play in NSF bearing sorted. I need to delve deeper on water leak, a litre of water in 10 miles is not good :(
If it's an advisory, YOU need to check it. There's no point in changing stuff that is working properly.
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That should be easy to find...
If it is the HBV then it can be made better or worse by setting the climate control on both sides to HI or LO :y..
Thanks for that great tip on Hi and low heater settings DG. Low leaks like a sieve from Hbv, high barely a drip. Took down the M1 to staples corner, and back to Watford. At least I can get the motor to Sereks on Thursday :y
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That should be easy to find...
If it is the HBV then it can be made better or worse by setting the climate control on both sides to HI or LO :y
Great tip on high and low heater settings, everything under control in Hi. I'm a lot more confident I can make to SOS on Thursday. Appreciate your advise DG :y :y
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No worries ;)
Just take a couple of gallons of water just in case and watch the temperature gauge... Any signs of a problem and pull over and check it.
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Changed around four front bearings now (different cars!), one failed prematurely from water ingress I think - due to missing cap. Others been changed due to excess play, the most recent one was on the daily at around 236K and appeared to be the original one.