Xantia Trailing Arms

addo · Unread post by **addo** » 29 Aug 2011, 14:17

Estate series 2, as pictured here:

Can anyone indicate by listing the numbers, which parts always need replacing (other than the bearings 8), which parts frequently show wear, and which parts are good to reuse? 124K miles/200K kilometres on original bits.

I'm too far from stockists, for oversight to be a good thing!

Thanks, Adam.

citronut · Unread post by **citronut** » 29 Aug 2011, 17:14

if the bearings a well shot you will almost certainly require 10, 11, 12 and quite offten the shim No. 9 has all but disapeared,

and if you are realy un/lucky A

regards malcolm

Unread post by **Peter.N.** » 29 Aug 2011, 17:38

The arm 'A' can be worn but in practise as long as it will still fit the bearing tight you can get away with it. I pack the space between the bearings with grease as its lack of it that usually causes the bearings to fail.

Peter

addo · Unread post by **addo** » 29 Aug 2011, 22:57

Thanks, gents. Does Part #7 last OK? They come in bags of four, anyhow.

Genuine parts pricing ain't cheap; the bearings alone run to about 85 Euro from my usual supplier. I assume they are not a common type!

Unread post by **Peter.N.** » 29 Aug 2011, 23:22

You don't need to take that off

Peter

Stekelly · Unread post by **Stekelly** » 30 Aug 2011, 01:44

Appologies for goign off topic
Is 16 in that the ribbed rubber stopper thingy

That comes down off the chassis inside the rear wheels?

What are they and what do they do? Mine are in bits, torn and flaking. (hatch)

citronut · Unread post by **citronut** » 30 Aug 2011, 07:53

15 and 16 are upper and lower bump stops,

Adam if you track down the C5 rear arm bearing thread i posted GSF and SKF's part No,

the bearings and seal's are the same for XANT, BX, CX,

citroen do ask an arm and six legs for there bearings,

the plastic linner i usualy dont remove at all,

just run two short beads of mig at oposite sides of each outter race, this not only gives you something to drift them out by, but the heat quite offten cause's them to almost drop out,

useing this method it usualy only just slightly melts the edge of the linner which will still be useable,

regards malcolm

jgra1 · Unread post by **jgra1** » 30 Aug 2011, 10:36

Stekelly mine are the same..

on a Citroen they get a lot more use than a normal sprung car, as when ever the suspension is on low I guess they are the only point of contact..
worse if you drive around on low!

which I am sure we have all done sometime

addo · Unread post by **addo** » 31 Aug 2011, 08:40

Drive on low? Not me.

I haven't actually found a supplier of cheaper estate bearings than PSA - the Corteco and SNR kits only seem to come in a saloon bearing size.

Interestingly, the spacers (Part 9) are quite dear and by the photos, don't seem to come in either kit named above!

Unread post by **Peter.N.** » 31 Aug 2011, 09:42

Take the number off the bearings and contact a specialist bearing supplier, got ones for my CX much cheaper. You still have to buy the seals from Citroen.

Peter

citronut · Unread post by **citronut** » 31 Aug 2011, 13:41

here is a copy and paste from the C5 suspension thread,

here are price's and part No.'s
from GSF
bearings (2 per arm )
512pc0080 £10.38 each inc vat trade

SKF's No.'s
VKD 24000
bar code ref
7 316577 732361

seals (2 per arm)
512pc0100 £2.60 each inc vat trade

from dealer
bearing bush's ( require 2 per arm)
5133.26 £2.96 each inc vat trade

spacer/pivot tube (1 per arm)
5132.68 £7.56 each inc vat trade

all in £38.56

i fitted the above parts onto a C5 estate,

ignor the C5 specific components,

but also i think for your XANT??? you can use the BX kit from GSF,

regards malcolm

addo · Unread post by **addo** » 31 Aug 2011, 22:44

Hi Malcolm,

Almost all of the C5 Estate bits are different codes in ServeIce Blocks. For that reason I'm assuming they are sized differently.

citronut · Unread post by **citronut** » 01 Sep 2011, 07:53

the BX/XANT bearings do fit the C5 estate,

the only bits that are diferent are the bearing bush's and spacer tube,

also No. 9 is the shim washer which as you say does not come in the kit, and citroen sell in an asorted pack,

regards malcolm

addo · Unread post by **addo** » 01 Sep 2011, 08:18

C5 Estate has the same bearings as a C5 sedan; that's where the confusion creeps in I think.

Xantia estate bearings also apply to CX estates.

Due to a desire to minimise downtime (36 hrs ideally) I am going to eat the cost of genuine bits. My confidence that SKF locally could match the bearing in reasonable time, is too low.

Of course, downtime estimates will be shagged if I bust a rear caliper retaining bolt at the same time!

citronut · Unread post by **citronut** » 01 Sep 2011, 13:15

just buy arm kits as for a BX, CX and XANT i think for those modles it is the cheapest way, and they are usualy SKF,

regards malcolm