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« on: May 12, 2010, 02:14:51 PM » |
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I'm sure somebody found a place that sold these very cheaply? Can't find the thread can anybody help.
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« Reply #1 on: May 12, 2010, 03:14:25 PM » |
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Got mine for about £18 delivered off ebay.
I'll have a look for a link.
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« Reply #2 on: May 12, 2010, 03:41:38 PM » |
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« Reply #3 on: May 12, 2010, 06:44:36 PM » |
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they're the cheapest I've found  |
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« Reply #4 on: May 12, 2010, 07:22:36 PM » |
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they're the cheapest I've found After I bought them someone did find cheaper ones  they're probably all made by the same manufacturer, so don't go for it just yet, someone may give you a link to a cheaper source  |
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« Reply #5 on: May 12, 2010, 08:35:35 PM » |
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« Reply #6 on: May 12, 2010, 11:31:04 PM » |
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Cheers I knew somebody found some cheap ones. Noticed mine were knackered when I was turning my car into a nun killer.
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« Reply #7 on: May 13, 2010, 08:26:50 AM » |
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now that's cheap  |
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« Reply #8 on: May 13, 2010, 09:16:43 AM » |
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Less that £16 delivered for the pair. Should be the last of the knocks gone when they turn up.
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« Reply #9 on: August 11, 2010, 08:49:17 PM » |
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how hard are these to do BTW ??
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« Reply #10 on: August 11, 2010, 09:05:39 PM » |
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Very easy mate, sure theres a how to on here somewhere |
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« Reply #11 on: August 12, 2010, 01:14:27 PM » |
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im gonna have to start beating the bushes soon i think  |
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« Reply #12 on: August 12, 2010, 06:26:44 PM » |
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how hard are these to do BTW ??
Pretty easy. Undo the three cover plate bolts & then the centre one holding the actual donut in. Turn the cover plate upside down, put it back on the car & bolt the centre bolt ONLY back in place, this should have the effect of pulling the donut out a fair way. Take the plate off again & with a claw hammer extract the donut. A good soaking with WD40 the night before will go a long way to help too. To refit, get some tyre soap if you can & put on the new donut, push it home as far as you can then refit the plate & bolt it up, this should push it most/all of the way home. HTH |
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« Reply #13 on: August 12, 2010, 06:56:33 PM » |
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I used a jack, plenty of rubber lubricant, the cars weight and jumping up and down on the rear door sill to push it in Plus some judiciously placed wooden blocks to hold the suspension in position during this process ! |
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« Reply #14 on: November 16, 2010, 06:16:14 PM » |
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dam! i just had these fitted and to get the bushes it was 76 quid!!! and that was trade too. bloody things !
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« Reply #15 on: November 16, 2010, 07:57:46 PM » |
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I paid £18 delivered for mine off gaybay, annoying to fit but they are spot on!
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« Reply #16 on: January 14, 2011, 02:06:28 PM » |
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How do you know these are buggered?
Does it handle bad? Knock?
Mine has supposedly had them done just before i bought it. But then again it supposdely had lots of things done that i later found it hadnt...
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« Reply #17 on: January 14, 2011, 02:43:25 PM » |
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Be carefull when buying - the Omega ones can be different - very different
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« Reply #18 on: January 14, 2011, 05:25:50 PM » |
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How do you know these are buggered?
Does it handle bad? Knock?
Mine has supposedly had them done just before i bought it. But then again it supposdely had lots of things done that i later found it hadnt...
Hard to tell until they're really fubarred then you'll get a knocking under acceleration. |
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« Reply #19 on: January 15, 2011, 12:23:17 PM » |
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Ahh ok. Guessing a visual check isnt doable without unbolting loads of crap?
I havnt got any knocks or anything luckily...
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« Reply #20 on: January 17, 2011, 06:06:14 PM » |
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buyer beware the cheap ones dont last long!!!!!. you get what you pay for. and then they are a swine to get out!.been there got the tea shirt. i fitted genuine gm ones in the end. this was six years ago and they are still ok. i do 18000 miles a year. and carry a lot of heavy tools. i suppose now vauxhall dont even list them like most parts
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« Reply #21 on: January 17, 2011, 07:36:13 PM » |
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One of my cheapy £8 ones has died already (2 months maybe?). I was doing a few clutch kicks and burnouts with it though lol
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« Reply #22 on: January 17, 2011, 08:14:38 PM » |
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Thats not good to hear, ive had cheap ones in for a couple of months so i hope the welder and the clutchkicks dont kill mine off soon.
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« Reply #23 on: January 18, 2011, 01:46:32 PM » |
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Ahh ok. Guessing a visual check isnt doable without unbolting loads of crap?
I havnt got any knocks or anything luckily...
Only 4 bolts. In front of the rear wheels theres a plate which looks similar to a bike saddle. Un-bolt the 3 outer bolts & the long one centre one & hey presto, theres your donut. Make sure you've a jack taking the weight in the rear subframe & the centre bolt can be a bit of a bugger to line back up to catch the thread but no real issues at all. |
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« Reply #24 on: January 25, 2011, 11:20:43 AM » |
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Ahh ok. Guessing a visual check isnt doable without unbolting loads of crap?
I havnt got any knocks or anything luckily...
Only 4 bolts. In front of the rear wheels theres a plate which looks similar to a bike saddle. Un-bolt the 3 outer bolts & the long one centre one & hey presto, theres your donut. Make sure you've a jack taking the weight in the rear subframe & the centre bolt can be a bit of a bugger to line back up to catch the thread but no real issues at all. ahh that seems pretty easy...  Cheers |
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