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Omega General Help / Re: Steering Box Price Sooo Funny

« on: 11 July 2007, 14:22:00 »

Hummm can anyone Verify that all V6's have a variable effort steering box as you just cant take it as 100% when someone in Vauxhall tells you something.

The Guy at Vauxhall said only the Elites havew the Variable Effort Boxes and all the other Omegas steering boxes have the same part number thats prefacelifts facelifts saloon and estates

Does anyone have a TC Book to check the Part Numbers ?

Craig

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Omega General Help / Steering Box Price Sooo Funny

« on: 11 July 2007, 09:51:38 »

Phoned VX about Steering Box Part Numbers to see if they were the same through the range which they are apart from the elite with has variable effort.

So for a normal one for mine no Variable effort Vx wanted wait for it     644 + VAT so thats about  £756 I think and no thats not including getting it installed
Oh and they want your old one also and you dont get any money back for it
I actually Laughed at the guy and said i go to the scrapper for one but thanks for telling me they are the same through the range and the guy said no problems they are alittle expensive

Craig

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Omega General Help / Re: Broken spring broken top mount

« on: 11 July 2007, 14:15:44 »

Glad your on the right Track Owen Garages Eh they just make it up as they go along Terrible

Craig

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Omega General Help / Re: Broken spring broken top mount

« on: 11 July 2007, 09:45:20 »

Owen Before we go down this Route we need to find out that its not your trackrods

I have new rubber mounts for this Dont get them from a scrapper and dont get them from VX they want 140 +vat for the pair

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Omega General Help / Re: Broken spring broken top mount

« on: 10 July 2007, 21:35:56 »

No Sorry if only it was that easy

One of the members Pete kindly upload a photo of the rubber mount it sits on top of the shock spring as shown in the photo link below the photo i showed You is the underside of the black rubber thing in petes photo on top of the spring

http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/pete1666@btinternet.com/detail_hires?.dir=dfd9re2&.dnm=e79fre2.jpg

hope this helps

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Omega General Help / Re: Broken spring broken top mount

« on: 10 July 2007, 16:44:48 »

Ill let someone else answer if it fine to drive as i dont know how bad it is and would not like to say if it is or it is not

Photo of top mount Bearnings from the bottom with no bearning cover on

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Omega General Help / Re: Broken spring broken top mount

« on: 10 July 2007, 16:34:55 »

If it is your Top Mounts I have just replaced mine but put the old rubbers back in as only one of the bearnings had gone so i have some new spare top mount rubbers but no bearnings.

Ill upload some photos of top mounts when i get home

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Omega General Help / Re: RIGHT I HAVE HAD IT BL**DY SICK

« on: 10 July 2007, 22:31:11 »

Thanks ians That very Kind of you to check I thought It would be to much for it to be as simple as a missing nut

Back To Square one Bugger Grrrr

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Omega General Help / Re: RIGHT I HAVE HAD IT BL**DY SICK

« on: 10 July 2007, 22:00:51 »

Ians its on the drivers side its right where the inner track rod attaches it has an arm that looks like the steering idler but normaly has a black plastic cap over the bolt you cant miss it big metal thing that attaches the steering to the trackrods and so forth

Thanks Mate

Roland I think your right there is no chance of getting a nut on that bolt

Craig

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Omega General Help / Re: RIGHT I HAVE HAD IT BL**DY SICK

« on: 10 July 2007, 21:25:23 »

LOL my GF's boyfriend that would be me

Right Calling omega owners again sorry time to check something on your cars

The missing nut i have photographed i dont think is so missing as its not ment to have a nut on it or its a damn skinny nut.

The othe two nuts shown are 16mm and i cant get a 16mm nut on the thread is right but the nut is to fat, the bolt thread is far to close to that part of the steering box to get a nut on to it I am thinking the bolt gos through it and that part of the steering box must be threaded can some have a crawl under their car and see if they have a nut. I dont know if the V6 engines have different Steering boxes to the 4 pots.

So i am think its not a missing nut and Yet again I am back to sqaure one or its one skinny nut that gos on there which in my mind would be a bad design

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Omega General Help / Re: RIGHT I HAVE HAD IT BL**DY SICK

« on: 10 July 2007, 12:32:26 »

Ah right Sorry Yep thats Tight I know that but ill double check everything on thursday when i am off Work

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Omega General Help / Re: RIGHT I HAVE HAD IT BL**DY SICK

« on: 10 July 2007, 12:11:16 »

Thanks Lyn Kinds Words But we will see

I hope the WishBones are But I never Fit them As My hands were bad when they were put on but you never know The Guy Who Fit Them My GF Brother has 3 Torque wrenches but i have never seen him use one strangely.

Ball Joint Bolts I am guessing you mean Track Rods ? I never had a Torque wrench to do those but they should be tight enough.

I was Worried about getting the lenths of the trackrod ends right but even if there are miles out in lenth there should still be no knock from them.

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Omega General Help / Re: RIGHT I HAVE HAD IT BL**DY SICK

« on: 10 July 2007, 09:12:44 »

Thanks Everyone I have Calmed Down Alittle to say the least.

Oh My Girl Freind is now saying Just Get Rid Of that Damn Car and To Be honest I can see where she is coming from. But I know once this steering Problem is sorted it will be nice and smooth with no Vibration. Its just getting there Grrrr

Ill get a Nut on that Thread Tonight To see if it help but i am not going to hold my breath as I had my hand around the bottom part of the Steering Box when I was trying to feel for the knock and i did not think i felt and movment from the Steering Box. It quite hard to track as i can feel the knock all through the trackrods (which are brand new) the Steering Idler, The Middle Bar, and the thing that attaches to the steering Box that looks like a steering idler thats in the photo.

First thing Tonight Nut On and go from there

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Omega General Help / RIGHT I HAVE HAD IT BL**DY SICK

« on: 09 July 2007, 19:44:44 »

I am Totaly Feed Up with this Damn Car.

All I want is for it to be smooth with no knocking but that would be asking Far to much  

After Replacing the Top Mounts Oh guess What STILL GOT A KNOCK when at stand still moving the steering wheel back and forth KNOCK KNOCK BL**DY KNOCK so back under the Car with the Girl Freind moving the Stering Wheel I can Feel the knock Big Time But Cant track it down.

And Bl**dy Awful Vibration at any speed

I Guess its the Steering Box as James Said or The Steering Column.

While under the car AGAIN i saw the there was a bolt missing Wonder if the knock could be from here but i doubt it nothing is that easy ill fit a nut tomorrow as i am sick as a pig tonight.



Looks LIKE MORE MONEY getting chucked at this DAMN car BUT this is it if i get the Steering Box and Steering Column replace by a Garage and it gives me any more trouble I will Scrap the Bl**dy thing as getting the Steering Box and Column replace by a garage is going to cost ALOT

A Very UnHappy Craig  

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Omega General Help / Re: Top Mount Changed Can someone Check Something

« on: 09 July 2007, 19:34:26 »

NO Kevin its Still Bloody Knocking AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

So With the Girl Freind in Car again moving the steering wheel back and forth and me under the car I can feel the knock big time but cant seem to find anything loose   but a bolt missing on part of the steering colum attaching to the rest of the trackrods and so forth



Going To Start a new thread As It Looks Like James was Right Saying the Steering Box or Steering Column

NOT HAPPY