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Omega Help Area => Omega General Help => Topic started by: a2reed on 13 September 2012, 14:08:47
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Are the originals Lemforder? (does it matter?) if so do you all recommend fitting those?
I notice the Meyle ones at "All German Car Parts" are only slightly cheaper and are "HD" with a 4 year warranty
Worth going for??????
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Just decided to give Meyle HD a go, good reports so far.
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Meyle HD fitted here, very impressed :y
Didnt get long - 18 months out of lemforder before knocking :(
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Lemforders fitted to mine 50k ago and still as good as new :y
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Lemforder used to be brilliant, but various reports of quality dip recently :(
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i have a rattling sort of knock when i go over the slightest little bump in the road from the front end of the car but no noise if i go over speed humps or pot holes is that likely to be drop links
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Yup, to test, jack both ends up, pop wheels off and feel for movement.
But as you describe you get the sound over a rough road :y
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Fitted mine around 2 years ago ...bought from Jason at Allgerman..think they were around £20=00 each,but that was a while ago now so possibly poorer quality as advised
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Meyle HD would be my choice, still early days yet on fitting to fully understand the life of them but the warranty sounds good and the quality (look/feel) is very good
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I fitted meyle hd to my mig, made a big difference, a good product.
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As said meyle look good and have the warranty, they 'be been around a while I believe but we haven't had any firm test on their life afaik. So it's too early to say I would have thought.
I thought a ball joint was a ball joint tbh..? Where as the HD ones have a more chunky body. Can we tell if the actual ball joint is HD as well? ..as that's the bit that fails obviously.
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I too am trying Meyle HD ones, although my previous Febi lasted very well. Actually, too well, as I think the noise is not droplinks. So the Meyle may stay in the box for now ;D
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Ball joint on the steering knuckle sounds similar when it goes :-\
But it is more solidly built so on balance drop link is usually the first place to look :y
Incidently, new droplinks will always see a reduction in noise because they are, well, new
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Ok to slightly divert the thread ... if Meyle drop links are of good quality is it worth paying the extra for the Meyle WISHBONES?...has anyone tried them ?
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I think so....but as far as we know, noone has tried them yet.
I will when I need a new set if noone else has first.
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Now ordered 2 x Mayle HD droplinks and 2 x Lemforder wishbones ... will keep you posted!!
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Markdtm had a go at pressing the Meyle HD bushes into wishbones as a refurb exercise. I don't Meyle HD bushes lasted any longer, cirtainly my front bushes had failed after 18 months.
The rearward verticle bush was just starting to show signs of failing, Of which there's a pic Of it in one of the guides somewhere.
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Markdtm had a go at pressing the Meyle HD bushes into wishbones as a refurb exercise. I don't Meyle HD bushes lasted any longer, cirtainly my front bushes had failed after 18 months.
The rearward verticle bush was just starting to show signs of failing, Of which there's a pic Of it in one of the guides somewhere.
Its not clear, have you tried Meyle HD bushes then?
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Markdtm had a go at pressing the Meyle HD bushes into wishbones as a refurb exercise. I don't think Meyle HD bushes lasted any longer, cirtainly my front bushes had failed after 18 months.
The rearward verticle bush was just starting to show signs of failing, Of which there's a pic Of it in one of the guides somewhere.
Its not clear, have you tried Meyle HD bushes then?
We had a group buy of Meyle Hd bushes iirc, which Mark fitted at Newent. Loads of us bought them. No? I'm sure at least the rear bush was Meyle HD. If not both...?
Iggy21 sorted it with allgerman.
So yes I thought we all had Merle HD...? Or has may memory gone south again?
"Think" edited into my previous, sorry. :-[
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Markdtm had a go at pressing the Meyle HD bushes into wishbones as a refurb exercise. I don't think Meyle HD bushes lasted any longer, cirtainly my front bushes had failed after 18 months.
The rearward verticle bush was just starting to show signs of failing, Of which there's a pic Of it in one of the guides somewhere.
Its not clear, have you tried Meyle HD bushes then?
We had a group buy of Meyle Hd bushes iirc, which Mark fitted at Newent. Loads of us bought them. No? I'm sure at least the rear bush was Meyle HD. If not both...?
Iggy21 sorted it with allgerman.
So yes I thought we all had Merle HD...? Or has may memory gone south again?
"Think" edited into my previous, sorry. :-[
Its my memory, I don't remember it ;D.
My replacement bushes have always been GM, except the powerflex
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So from a wishbone viewpoint, it sames Lemforder are quite poor now, as are Meyle. Doubt anyone will pay the silly GM prices.
Hmmmm....
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Poly fronts and gm rear/ball joint :y all for less than one Lemforder wishbone...
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Poly fronts and gm rear/ball joint :y all for less than one Lemforder wishbone...
Seems the sensible route now. :y
Won't put the alignment out either so no need to shell out for a geometry setup.
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Probably worth getting one done every 15-20k just to be sure :-\
If no one buys the GM ones then they could wind up being shifted for sensible money... :-\
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Probably worth getting one done every 15-20k just to be sure :-\
If no one buys the GM ones then they could wind up being shifted for sensible money... :-\
I get a check done when getting tyres normally, since it's only a tenner if no adjustment required. It hasn't moved significantly for a couple of years, including front wishbones polybushed and rear bushes replaced. Went miles off when the wishbones were changed before that, though. The tolerance on pattern arms appears to be what puts the geometry out.
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That makes sense given that the bushes are probably more consistant than the arms themselves :y
Where abouts do you get yours done? There's a possibility of me moving over that way...
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Micheldever tyres, more often than not. Normally get someone who knows Omegas there.