Hi guys and girls,started to get some knocks and bumps when going over pot holes and speed humps.From the invaluable info on here i guess its wishbones,hear is what i would like to know.I took the car to the guy who does my mot, but i must add he does not know much about omegas.He said the wishbones look ok, but the drop links could do with replacing.What do you guys think shall i just replace the drop links or both.Also how much do you think it will cost to replace both,and can daz or pete whitch ever one does the job.Set up the geometry as wim is a long way from me.As always your thoughts and advice is much apreciated.Moggy PS Forgot to add tyre wear inside edge on the front

Do drop links first as suggested.

They are the cheapest part in the link and are normally the cause of knocking as the rubber seal gets dry of grease and the ball end just clatters around.

Simple enough to replace,although some have had issues with the nuts seizing up and requiring cutting,but never had those issuse myself.

No adjustments needed after to steering set up,so hope that solves your problems.

moggy wrote on 04. May 2011 at 18:16:


In fairness, not really.

As said, droplinks are the main culprit of clunking and knocking on potholes/undulations rather than wishbones.  This is due primarily to the construction of the links.  Its the ball/socket that wears and that is metal to metal.  as its rigidly mounted to metal at either end, the sound is readilly transmitted through the chassis.

The wishbones wear via the rubber bushes which, whilst causing suspension issues, don't generally give knocks and clunks as the parts at fault are still rubber mounted and insulated from the chassis.

Hope that makes sense....   

Wishbone and droplink guide is:-
http://www.omegaowners.com/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1285891052

Droplink part is about 9th para down.  Straightforward to do but may need hacksaw of bolts are really rusted.  Have a look at the car after reading the description and you should see whats what reasonably clearly.

Inner tyre wear will be a camber issue which is suspension arms out of alignment, either through wear (probable) or wrong adjustment if replaced recently.  Again, the above guide will show whats required, although that does concentrate on bush replacement, rather than replacement of the entire suspension arm. 

No doubt others will pitch in with ideas or pointers to other guides.   

hotel21 wrote on 04. May 2011 at 22:47:

H21,would you say first things first.Change droplinks and suspension arms,and go from there

davethediver wrote on 04. May 2011 at 23:14:

Dave if i do go down the wishbone route,you say there are franchise.As wim is some distance from me,

davethediver wrote on 04. May 2011 at 23:40:

Thanks Dave does any one have a link to there web site

TheBoy wrote on 05. May 2011 at 08:36:

Thanks to everyone for there advice,will get drop links changed first.If that stops the noises, i will then replace the suspension arms to correct the camber causing the tyre wear