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[Marie]

Brill!  
Congratulations Marie; `give yourself a well-deserved on the back.  

Cheers i will just do that!

its so satisfying that all mine and dont forget james hard work has paid off, hubby will be over the moon.

To start with i dont think he trusted me to work on her but sunday i walked in with a new tool box for me and told me to get all my tools in one place and out the bl00dy kitchen!!!!

[maria]

Thats brilliant I'm happy for you

[smoothomega]

JD for another year  

[Andy B]

Well done

Good luck with yours Andy

Thanks.  

[Mikejr]

Well done Marie    bet your over the moon [smiley=2vrolijk_08.gif]

[Marie]

ok got my beast back she did get an advisory well .....

003 near side front lower(rear) suspension arm synthetic bush deteriorated but not resulting in excessive movement.

004 off side front lower(rear) suspension arm synthetic bush deteriorated but not resulting in excessive movement.


how easy are these to do?? and how much will it cost me?

[ians]

They are wishbone bushes Marie.

Pretty straightforward (replace the whole wb).  I think Buypartsby does a good deal - others will confirm.

Replacement is pretty straightforward although there is a b@stard pinch bolts to loosen off.

Need geometry afterwards too.

[Marie]

arh right i had one of these changed in 2006. it is a GM one to how long are they ment to last?

think the OOF need to organsie a wheels in motion geometry weekend.

[ians]

its critical that the bolts are tightened with the car on its wheels, otherwise the bushes are stressed when the car is lowered.   It that wasn't done correctly it will lead to premature bush failure.

The GM wb's are darn expensive I recall - don't know if they last any longet though.

[Marie]

 well i have the feelin thaat the bloke who did them for me didnt do the job correctly.

i say this cos i have found other parts of his work not upto scratch. such as cambelt 2 teath out, and exhust manifold one of the bolts not tightened.

is begining to make me wonder whether he actually managed to repair the car correctly after the cambelt snapped feb 06....... :-/ :-/

 think he was in it for the money rether then the love of working on omegas.

[ians]

well i have the feelin thaat the bloke who did them for me didnt do the job correctly.

i say this cos i have found other parts of his work not upto scratch. such as cambelt 2 teath out, and exhust manifold one of the bolts not tightened.

is begining to make me wonder whether he actually managed to repair the car correctly after the cambelt snapped feb 06....... :-/ :-/

 think he was in it for the money rether then the love of working on omegas.

yikes!

Try this one
https://sslrelay.com/buypartsby.co.uk/wishbonelh_details.php?recordID=669

[Marie]

cheers not a bad price at all. know where to go now.

As the bloke said to me today they dont need doing just jet i would wait a couple of months first.

well my plan is to do the wish bones with a few months but need to figure out when i can get to wheels in motion to get the geometry test done staright after.

[ians]

I know everyone rates WIM,  but Micheldever Tyres have a pretty good setup for geometry, knowledgable guys and maybe closer for you.   They certainly sorted out my estate which was all over the place beforhand.

[Marie]

I know everyone rates WIM,  but Micheldever Tyres have a pretty good setup for geometry, knowledgable guys and maybe closer for you.   They certainly sorted out my estate which was all over the place beforhand.

they are closer and i have a mate in reading, its just getting the time off work they are being a bit an*l at the mo about time off!

[Dazzler]

After the work you have been doing Marie, the front wishbones will be a piece of cake. Whilst you are at it i would recommend you change the droplinks as well
Glad she passed for you