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Omega Help Area => Omega General Help => Topic started by: Salty on 16 November 2006, 15:21:25
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Well just got back from a failed mot :( although not as bad as it could have been I suppose. Need new front discs, which are an item I think of as consumable so not too bad. Also needs a new steering idler which looks like a trip to the dealer and £60 trimmed from the wallet.
At least I know what I'm doing this weekend ;D
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Hard luck Salty :( But could've been a LOT worse :)
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What I meant to ask is,
does anybody know if I get the idler for less elsewhere??
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Hard luck Salty :( But could've been a LOT worse :)
Your right there, at least they're fairly easy jobs to tackle.
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What I meant to ask is,
does anybody know if I get the idler for less elsewhere??
Have you tried autovaux?
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What I meant to ask is,
does anybody know if I get the idler for less elsewhere??
Have you tried autovaux?
No not yet, just tried the local dealer
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01924 376003
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01924 376003
Thanks, works out at about £40 posted not bad :y
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Sorry to hear that m8 but could've been worse
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Sorry to hear of your bad luck salty still atleast its fixable thats the main thing then you'll be good for another year :y
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I always tried to keep an idler in garage, as common problem. As others have said, nice and cheap from autovaux.
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Well I've got the discs and will be doing them this morning if the weather is fine. Ordered the idler from autovaux so hopefully will have that tomorrow.
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Well I've got the discs and will be doing them this morning if the weather is fine. Ordered the idler from autovaux so hopefully will have that tomorrow.
GM discs I hope, previous set bought not GM had to change as warped >:(
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Well I've got the discs and will be doing them this morning if the weather is fine. Ordered the idler from autovaux so hopefully will have that tomorrow.
GM discs I hope, previous set bought not GM had to change as warped >:(
Its not GMs fault that your warped ;D
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Well got the discs done today in about an hour and a half :). Idler arrived with the post so decided to do that as well, spent the rest of the day trying to split the old idler from steering arm without sucess >:( will have to have a rethink, may have to take the whole steering linkage off. :o
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Well got the discs done today in about an hour and a half :). Idler arrived with the post so decided to do that as well, spent the rest of the day trying to split the old idler from steering arm without sucess >:( will have to have a rethink, may have to take the whole steering linkage off. :o
Ball joint splitter reqd if tight..
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Well got the discs done today in about an hour and a half :). Idler arrived with the post so decided to do that as well, spent the rest of the day trying to split the old idler from steering arm without sucess >:( will have to have a rethink, may have to take the whole steering linkage off. :o
Ball joint splitter reqd if tight..
Got one, its so tight that there isn't enough of a gap to fit the fork of the splitter between the steering arm and the idler. That's why I was thinking of taking the whole thing off to be able to work at a more comfortable angle.
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Does anybody know what size the big nut is that holds the steering arm onto the steering box is?
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Well got the steering idler ball joint off eventually, it was well stuck. Once off found the balljoint is seized in position will not pivot in any direction, so it looks like I will have to replace to centre tie rod. Anyone got any idea of prices for this bit??
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IIRC, Autovaux were around £60. Dealer wanted £100 odd...
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IIRC, Autovaux were around £60. Dealer wanted £100 odd...
Sounds like a call to autovaux in the morning.
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Bits are on their way :) should be here in the morning. So should be MOT'd by mid afternoon. A quick question now, does anybody know what size the nylock nuts are that hold the balljoints on? need to replace the ones I've undone.
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Bits are on their way :) should be here in the morning. So should be MOT'd by mid afternoon. A quick question now, does anybody know what size the nylock nuts are that hold the balljoints on? need to replace the ones I've undone.
I seem to recall the rod will come with new ones...
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Bits are on their way :) should be here in the morning. So should be MOT'd by mid afternoon. A quick question now, does anybody know what size the nylock nuts are that hold the balljoints on? need to replace the ones I've undone.
I seem to recall the rod will come with new ones...
I would think it should, I need to replace to ones on the tie rod ends though.