Since posting the thread re. uneven tyre wear, it seems as if the most possible cause is exactly as people here said in that the rear swinging arm bearings are probably worn along with the arms themselves.
Since the job looks like costing around £1000+++ can anyone tell me how dangerous it is to drive around with worn bearings/swinging arms? Or even if its the sort of job that can be done cheaply somewhere else!
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john,
i have replaced both the trailing arm bearings on my xantia, cost me £30 + vat for bearing repair kits, 8 hours work, help of an assistant.
unfortunally for me one of my trailing arms was too badly pitted, so i've got to get a new/recondiced one, did a search for scrapyards on the net, came back with a couple which sell secondhand arms for £35.00, but thats my problem.
dom
i have replaced both the trailing arm bearings on my xantia, cost me £30 + vat for bearing repair kits, 8 hours work, help of an assistant.
unfortunally for me one of my trailing arms was too badly pitted, so i've got to get a new/recondiced one, did a search for scrapyards on the net, came back with a couple which sell secondhand arms for £35.00, but thats my problem.
dom
John,
I live in Australia but if you'd like to pay for me to get over there, I'll do the job for. Accommodation won't be a problem; I'll only have a nap in the back seat of the car before I catch the next flight home and best of all, it'll work out cheaper than the price you quoted. <img src=icon_smile_big.gif border=0 align=middle>
It's not a big job nor a complicated one. If you have a mate that's a bit mechanically inclined it may be an idea to invite him along if you're not overconfident in your own ability. For the record, the fastest I've seen one of these jobs done was about 45 minutes for one side; admitedly that was on a CX and by an experienced mechanic, but it gives you an idea of the size of the project (not allowing for snags and unforeseen problems of course.)
Here are a couple of websites that describe the job. One is from Japan (in English) the other from Holland (In Dutch) but both have a good set of pics that probably are worth as much as the text.
http://www.bx.citroen.org/m07/m07e.html
http://members.fortunecity.com/werkplaa ... agers.html
If need be, there are translation sites that can help with the one from the Netherlands. Cheaper. easier & possibly a better job than the mechanic...what's his name? Rockafeller??? <img src=icon_smile_evil.gif border=0 align=middle>
Alan S <img src=icon_smile_clown.gif border=0 align=middle>
I live in Australia but if you'd like to pay for me to get over there, I'll do the job for. Accommodation won't be a problem; I'll only have a nap in the back seat of the car before I catch the next flight home and best of all, it'll work out cheaper than the price you quoted. <img src=icon_smile_big.gif border=0 align=middle>
It's not a big job nor a complicated one. If you have a mate that's a bit mechanically inclined it may be an idea to invite him along if you're not overconfident in your own ability. For the record, the fastest I've seen one of these jobs done was about 45 minutes for one side; admitedly that was on a CX and by an experienced mechanic, but it gives you an idea of the size of the project (not allowing for snags and unforeseen problems of course.)
Here are a couple of websites that describe the job. One is from Japan (in English) the other from Holland (In Dutch) but both have a good set of pics that probably are worth as much as the text.
http://www.bx.citroen.org/m07/m07e.html
http://members.fortunecity.com/werkplaa ... agers.html
If need be, there are translation sites that can help with the one from the Netherlands. Cheaper. easier & possibly a better job than the mechanic...what's his name? Rockafeller??? <img src=icon_smile_evil.gif border=0 align=middle>
Alan S <img src=icon_smile_clown.gif border=0 align=middle>