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Omega Help Area => Omega General Help => Topic started by: cbs2 on 06 February 2008, 17:56:46
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Had the mig in for its mot today
Expected a fail, not had it long & theres lots still unknown on it
needless to say it failed
I need to pick the brains again to see price & difficulty of
Near side anti roll bar linkage excessive play in ball joint.
OS rear coil spring "incomplete"
Thanks as always
Colin
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Both jobs are quite simple matey and not all that expensive either ;)
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Had the mig in for its mot today
Expected a fail, not had it long & theres lots still unknown on it
needless to say it failed
I need to pick the brains again to see price & difficulty of
Near side anti roll bar linkage excessive play in ball joint.
OS rear coil spring "incomplete"
Thanks as always
Colin
Nice easy ones anyway......so broken rear spring (we have a maintenance guide for that).
Replacing Rear Springs (http://www.omegaowners.com/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1170939305)
Anti roll bar drop links (We have a maintenance guide for that to).
Changing the wishbones and Antiroll bar drop links (http://www.omegaowners.com/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1152986949)
The springs take about an hour and cost about 80 quid a pair (replace in pairs) and the drop links take about 20 mins a side and cost about 20 quid a pair.
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thanks for the quik replys guys.
are these parts dealer buys, or can you shop around??
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Drop links are on Ebay and most reports are that the various Ebay ones are fine.
Springs tend to need a bit of shopping around for good pattern parts.
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Drop links, not had trouble with these ones:
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Vauxhall-Omega-Stabiliser-Anti-Roll-Bar-Link-Rod-SS506_W0QQitemZ170185689739QQihZ007QQcategoryZ10404QQrdZ1QQssPageNameZWD1VQQtrksidZp1638.m118.l1247QQcmdZViewItem
Springs:
Shop around the factors, KYB ones are pretty good and they can be got on ebay (beware as estate and saloon ones are different!)
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Drop links, not had trouble with these ones:
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Vauxhall-Omega-Stabiliser-Anti-Roll-Bar-Link-Rod-SS506_W0QQitemZ170185689739QQihZ007QQcategoryZ10404QQrdZ1QQssPageNameZWD1VQQtrksidZp1638.m118.l1247QQcmdZViewItem
Springs:
Shop around the factors, KYB ones are pretty good and they can be got on ebay (beware as estate and saloon ones are different!)
I've not had trouble with Jimbobs offcasts ::)
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Drop links, not had trouble with these ones:
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Vauxhall-Omega-Stabiliser-Anti-Roll-Bar-Link-Rod-SS506_W0QQitemZ170185689739QQihZ007QQcategoryZ10404QQrdZ1QQssPageNameZWD1VQQtrksidZp1638.m118.l1247QQcmdZViewItem
Springs:
Shop around the factors, KYB ones are pretty good and they can be got on ebay (beware as estate and saloon ones are different!)
I've not had trouble with Jimbobs offcasts ::)
NO!!!!!!!!!!!
The state they were in! ;D
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Drop links, not had trouble with these ones:
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Vauxhall-Omega-Stabiliser-Anti-Roll-Bar-Link-Rod-SS506_W0QQitemZ170185689739QQihZ007QQcategoryZ10404QQrdZ1QQssPageNameZWD1VQQtrksidZp1638.m118.l1247QQcmdZViewItem
Springs:
Shop around the factors, KYB ones are pretty good and they can be got on ebay (beware as estate and saloon ones are different!)
I've not had trouble with Jimbobs offcasts ::)
NO!!!!!!!!!!!
The state they were in! ;D
One of yours was shocking, but other OKish. Better than mine, anyway. Cured my knocking noises.....
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You're Welcome ;D
Guarantee has run out now though ::)
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Drop links, not had trouble with these ones:
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Vauxhall-Omega-Stabiliser-Anti-Roll-Bar-Link-Rod-SS506_W0QQitemZ170185689739QQihZ007QQcategoryZ10404QQrdZ1QQssPageNameZWD1VQQtrksidZp1638.m118.l1247QQcmdZViewItem
Springs:
Shop around the factors, KYB ones are pretty good and they can be got on ebay (beware as estate and saloon ones are different!)
I've not had trouble with Jimbobs offcasts ::)
NO!!!!!!!!!!!
The state they were in! ;D
One of yours was shocking, but other OKish. Better than mine, anyway. Cured my knocking noises.....
I wouldn't recommend doing this, but I was bored the other Saturday, so thought I'd do something, and it seemed like a good idea at the time - and seeing as I'd just ripped the arse out of the tractor the day before, I wastn't wasting money on it ;D
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Drop links, not had trouble with these ones:
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Vauxhall-Omega-Stabiliser-Anti-Roll-Bar-Link-Rod-SS506_W0QQitemZ170185689739QQihZ007QQcategoryZ10404QQrdZ1QQssPageNameZWD1VQQtrksidZp1638.m118.l1247QQcmdZViewItem
Springs:
Shop around the factors, KYB ones are pretty good and they can be got on ebay (beware as estate and saloon ones are different!)
I've not had trouble with Jimbobs offcasts ::)
NO!!!!!!!!!!!
The state they were in! ;D
One of yours was shocking, but other OKish. Better than mine, anyway. Cured my knocking noises.....
That's interesting. Both my estates (quite high mileage - the 2.5 is 130k+) have always rattled from the back. Do you think this might be springs? There's no obvious breakage but could they be tired?
Cheers
Ian
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Drop links, not had trouble with these ones:
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Vauxhall-Omega-Stabiliser-Anti-Roll-Bar-Link-Rod-SS506_W0QQitemZ170185689739QQihZ007QQcategoryZ10404QQrdZ1QQssPageNameZWD1VQQtrksidZp1638.m118.l1247QQcmdZViewItem
Springs:
Shop around the factors, KYB ones are pretty good and they can be got on ebay (beware as estate and saloon ones are different!)
I've not had trouble with Jimbobs offcasts ::)
NO!!!!!!!!!!!
The state they were in! ;D
One of yours was shocking, but other OKish. Better than mine, anyway. Cured my knocking noises.....
That's interesting. Both my estates (quite high mileage - the 2.5 is 130k+) have always rattled from the back. Do you think this might be springs? There's no obvious breakage but could they be tired?
Cheers
Ian
No, but do check the heatshild plate near the exhaust rear silencer.....
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That's interesting. Both my estates (quite high mileage - the 2.5 is 130k+) have always rattled from the back. Do you think this might be springs? There's no obvious breakage but could they be tired?
Cheers
Ian
Thats very interesting because my estate is the same (168k) always knocks like hell when going over rough tarmac etc. Have checked heatshield and everything else underneath car got a good shake around and felt fine..?
(sorry about semi post hijack)