Xantia soft front suspension

jonnydrumm1967 · Post by **jonnydrumm1967** » 11 Apr 2008, 23:41

Hi,
I recently got a xantia TD est from a mate, I know he'd changed both top mounts and fitted 2 new spheres. The front now feels soft and wallowy on undulating roads.Could it be he'd got the wrong spheres from my local factors? ie hatch ones instead of estate? Its a 1995 estate 1.9TD LX. My other car,a 97 1.9TD hatch Xantia, is fine in this respect.

Any ideas would be welcome,thanks,

Jon.

Post by **Peter.N.** » 11 Apr 2008, 23:47

If there is that much difference I would suggest that there is more difference in the spheres than just a hatch instead of an estate. Assuming that yours is hydractive, I suppose they havn't given you non hydractive ones, that would probably do it.

jonnydrumm1967 · Post by **jonnydrumm1967** » 11 Apr 2008, 23:50

Its non Hydractive on this particular estate,maybe the strus are worn a bit its done 153k.

Thanks for your quick reply,

Jon.

Stempy · Post by **Stempy** » 11 Apr 2008, 23:56

Sounds like you might have put rear ones on the front. The rears on estates have no internal damping. If you still have the old ones take one of the new ones off and see if they look the same inside. There will be a big difference if they are rear ones.

Post by **Peter.N.** » 11 Apr 2008, 23:59

Certainly sounds like the wrong spheres, it wont be the struts. Check the numbers, if they are GSF spheres you can check them on the net.