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MOT Woes
« on: 06 February 2008, 17:56:46 »
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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Re: MOT Woes
« Reply #1 on: 06 February 2008, 17:58:11 »
Both jobs are quite simple matey and not all that expensive either ;)
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Re: MOT Woes
« Reply #2 on: 06 February 2008, 17:59:29 »
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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

Anti roll bar drop links (We have a maintenance guide for that to).

Changing the wishbones and Antiroll bar drop links


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.
« Last Edit: 06 February 2008, 18:03:58 by Mark »
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Re: MOT Woes
« Reply #3 on: 06 February 2008, 18:20:08 »
thanks for the quik replys guys.
are these parts dealer buys, or can you shop around??
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Re: MOT Woes
« Reply #4 on: 06 February 2008, 20:18:25 »
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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« Reply #5 on: 06 February 2008, 20:21:12 »
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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Re: MOT Woes
« Reply #6 on: 06 February 2008, 20:33:54 »
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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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Re: MOT Woes
« Reply #7 on: 06 February 2008, 20:57:37 »
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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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« Reply #8 on: 06 February 2008, 21:06:37 »
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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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Re: MOT Woes
« Reply #9 on: 06 February 2008, 21:07:46 »
You're Welcome  ;D

Guarantee has run out now though  ::)
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« Reply #10 on: 06 February 2008, 21:08:47 »
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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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« Reply #11 on: 07 February 2008, 11:47:38 »
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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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Re: MOT Woes
« Reply #13 on: 07 February 2008, 18:04:55 »
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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..?

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