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I have just bought the front three spheres for my series 1 Xantia. My question is: the middle :? one looks like it needs a pipe seal . similar to the rear one. is this correct ? thanks in advance Terry .
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No, happy to say all three have normal sphere seals Terry :-D

The only frontally mounted sphere that uses a pipe seal is on the Activa - for the Activa accumulator...
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Thanks again Jim. :)
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I have just checked the spheres, two are the same , while one is differant, it looks like the one for the rear( anti sink) have they gave me the correct one, #-o #-o should all three look the same ? many thanks, a con fused Terry .
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Should the middle front sphere have an small threaded hole in the middle like the rear one? cheers Terry . my new one does? is this right ?
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No. Only the rear accumulator (anti sink sphere) and an Activa specific one at the front has that thread. But as you have a Xantia TD it won't be an Activa and therefore won't have a sphere like that at the front.
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should all three look the same? cheers Terry
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Not quite, the two spheres that go on the top of the suspension strut will have two very small (1mm or so) holes in them, this is the damper. The centre spheres have a big (5-8mm or so) hole.
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