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Omega Help Area => Omega General Help => Topic started by: Agemo on 24 September 2011, 22:46:13
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I have a front bush gone, and fancy the Polyurethane ones, I know we had a bulk order recently. Can someone confirm these ones are good/bad/indifferent please:-
POWERFLEX KIT Opel Omega A B 86-2003 PFF80-902 from wackie_racers aka mjd128.
Thanks.
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I have a front bush gone, and fancy the Polyurethane ones, I know we had a bulk order recently. Can someone confirm these ones are good/bad/indifferent please:-
POWERFLEX KIT Opel Omega A B 86-2003 PFF80-902 from wackie_racers aka mjd128.
Thanks.
Linky no worky Glen :-\
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Fitted these to mine:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Vauxhall-Omega-B-94-03-Front-Wishbone-front-bush-/300597545451?pt=UK_CarsParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM&hash=item45fd0289eb#ht_545wt_1078
Very happy with 'em! :y :y :y :y :y
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Thanks, the link is this one:-
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=270795715004#ht_900wt_1139
It is the same firm though.
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Thanks, the link is this one:-
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=270795715004#ht_900wt_1139
It is the same firm though.
Would seem so Glen.
Excellent service too, though would give 'em a ring to check availability before placing your order. ;)
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Thanks Byron. I read these can be fitted with the wishbone in-situ. Seems a decent idea, dear enough for a a "doorstop" though ::)
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Thanks Byron. I read these can be fitted with the wishbone in-situ. Seems a decent idea, dear enough for a a "doorstop" though ::)
Yep, saw it done at Newent.
However, I fitted 'em on new Lemforder wishbones to our TD prior to fitting 'em to the car.
I set fire to the rubber, wacked the innards out, then CAREFULLY put a hacksaw cut through the outer sleeve until it collapsed, then knocked that out.
New polybushes just slip in easily.
Went to WIM at Chesham for a full geometry set-up - the TD now goes where it's told to go! :y
Although the ride's now perhaps a tad on the 'harsh' side, I'm quite pleased. Tyres are wearing evenly too, with no strange handling characteristics.
Go for it Glen! ;)
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Go for it Glen!
Have done - set ordered (both front wishbones, plus anti-roll bar ones too). :y
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Waiting for Postman Pat with my bushes, anyone changed Anti-roll bar bushes? ::)
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Waiting for Postman Pat with my bushes, anyone changed Anti-roll bar bushes? ::)
Friggin' next to impossible to do 'in-situ' on a TD Glen >:(
IIRC; Turk managed it, though he had something of a struggle :D
I reckon that the most straightforward way is to lower the sub-frame slightly to access the captive bolts.
So long as the sub-frame-to-chassis position can be replicated on refitting, then you should be fine geometry-wise. I've still got my poly A/R bar bushes sat on the workshop bench here awaiting their fitting .......... ;D
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Thanks again Byron, Hmmm . . I may well put that little job off for a while then. Probably nowt wrong with mine anyway, only bought them because they were part of the "kit".
Postie let me down, no worries, it promises to be a lovely day tomorrow, I would only be lying in the sun supping cold stubbies anyway. ::)
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I seem to recall they can be done if the rad is lifted up 30mm or so
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Thanks Mark, I will be doing the Front bushes tomorrow (if they arrive) but the ARB ones are out of stock for now. I expect then in a weeks time. :y
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Waiting for Postman Pat with my bushes, anyone changed Anti-roll bar bushes? ::)
Friggin' next to impossible to do 'in-situ' on a TD Glen >:(
IIRC; Turk managed it, though he had something of a struggle :D
I reckon that the most straightforward way is to lower the sub-frame slightly to access the captive bolts.
So long as the sub-frame-to-chassis position can be replicated on refitting, then you should be fine geometry-wise. I've still got my poly A/R bar bushes sat on the workshop bench here awaiting their fitting .......... ;D
Snap! :-[
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Poly bushes fitted, just finished, Postman Prat didn't deliver until after dinner. I did the N/S in-situ, but took the wishbone off the other side, not a lot to choose between them. No ARB bushes yet, so I had the perfect excuse not to fit them. :y
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Given the car a test run, no problems, doesn't seem a harder ride. :-\
There is a bloke on ebay breaking an Omega, it has polybushed wishbones, I have asked him for a price. He replied "about" £50, plus p&p, but I am sure he would come down. If you are thinking about "going poly", there is an opportunity for you. The auction has ended, but I can send him a message for you if interested.
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Given the car a test run, no problems, doesn't seem a harder ride. :-\
There is a bloke on ebay breaking an Omega, it has polybushed wishbones, I have asked him for a price. He replied "about" £50, plus p&p, but I am sure he would come down. If you are thinking about "going poly", there is an opportunity for you. The auction has ended, but I can send him a message for you if interested.
A set of new poly bushes is less than that, surely? Just add a hacksaw. :y
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I couldn't find a set for less than that, but if you know of a source . . .
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Well, there's the Ebay link you posted... £37.52 Buy it now... Or have I got my wires crossed?
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You are right, but that is EACH! Yes I thought it was expensive too. Powerflex themselves sell them at £25 each, not including ARB bushes. I was quite happy fitting them to my own wishbones, but some members would prefer the work to be done for them. I was just giving people the information.
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The auction I'm looking at says it's a "Kit of 2" and I'm pretty sure that's one for each side (each 'bush' being in two halves, so you get 4 bits in the box).. I'll go and check the box I have sitting in the garage in a minute.
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I actually bought the kit with ARB bushes included, and yes I did get two complete bushes for the wishbones. Sorry if I am confusing people here, as you say, the bush is actually in two parts, and you get bushes for both wishbones. Just re-read what I wrote earlier, and it makes no sense - sorry. :-[
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;D ;D
I bought the one with the ARB bushes too (from Larkspeed Performance up in Leeds, via eBay) - so there's six bits of poly in all, four for the wishbones and two for the ARBs. Just for the purposes of avoiding confusion :)
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Yes, Larkspeed are cheap, but delivery is 13.15 days. Not a problem if you aren't in a hurry. All from the same place Powerflex. I am well pleased with the quality. :y
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I was lucky, mine turned up in a week :) I figure they don't keep them in stock, though - in fact if they are still where they were 15 years ago (looks like the same address) they're in a tiny little shop stuck round the back of a shopping centre.. they probably don't keep much stock of anything!
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The auction I'm looking at says it's a "Kit of 2" and I'm pretty sure that's one for each side (each 'bush' being in two halves, so you get 4 bits in the box).. I'll go and check the box I have sitting in the garage in a minute.
That's what I got when I bought one of those kits. (can't remember if it was the same seller).