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Re: oil filled front wish bones
« Reply #15 on: 19 June 2009, 22:32:32 »
They are fluid filled....I know, I disected some!  ;D
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Re: oil filled front wish bones
« Reply #16 on: 19 June 2009, 23:11:50 »
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They are fluid filled....I know, I disected some!  ;D

Both OE & pattern?
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Re: oil filled front wish bones
« Reply #17 on: 20 June 2009, 00:11:06 »
thought the engine mounts were silly-cone filled, would be kinda cool to think the wishbones are too, but never disected them. I'll have a slash in the scrapyard, to see.

After I've had a slash i'll probably cut up some suspension bushes too  :y
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Re: oil filled front wish bones
« Reply #18 on: 20 June 2009, 11:29:45 »
I think some are fluid filled and some aren't. I've replaced my wishbones a few times, sometimes there's some fluid leaking out. Other times the bush has disintegrated but is dry.
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Re: oil filled front wish bones
« Reply #19 on: 20 June 2009, 17:10:09 »
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Did you replace the anti-roll bar link at the same time as these are a source for clunking too.
I have done now, job done.  :y
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Re: oil filled front wish bones
« Reply #20 on: 03 July 2009, 18:27:23 »
Ok everyone Bri's car has arrived at my house, for some reason I seem to have alot of mechanical knowledge on suspension, must be something to do with what i drive...

Anyhow, taking off the drivers wheel, I notice a bolt that goes through the bush at the rear of the wishbone, it has a nut at the bottom, and possible a bolt that is hidden in the subframe, it would need to 'go up' to release the rear of the wishbone.

Question: do we need to drop front subframe to change wishbones, to get to that bolt?

/not a vauxhall owner(yet), but more time spent under my car that what it deserves...
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Re: oil filled front wish bones
« Reply #21 on: 03 July 2009, 19:20:03 »
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Re: oil filled front wish bones
« Reply #22 on: 03 July 2009, 19:21:48 »
Thanks, but i just posted about what i think may have been is clunk problem from day one...

see the thread..
http://www.omegaowners.com/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1246645225
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