206 hdi rear axle

[xsaras4ever]

Has anyone managed to rebuild one of these at home - including the shafts ?

We have done Xsara axles but we use our home-made press.

The 206 axle is reverse of the Citroen - looks like you need a hydraulic puller to get the shafts out - unless you can push one shaft into the tube and then push 2 out together ?

[BX]

The 206 axle can be done in situ. To remove the shafts make a puller using a length of threaded bar. I used 25mm high tensile with standard thread. Pare down one nut so it will just fit inside the axle. A piece of 1inch domestic copper pipe can be used as a protector sleeve. Do not weld the nut into the shaft but deposit a ring of weld round the inside of the shaft. The same nut can be used to couple 2 pieces of bar together if you cannot get a long enough piece for reassembly. I could only get 1 metre lengths. Look at the video here it explains all http://www.ruville.com/en/all-about-us/ ... highlight/
This guy also has some good tips but doesn't replace the shafts
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=48eP5KZdSFs
I just used a tape measure to get the torsion bars correct.

[xsaras4ever]

Perfect , a great posting , thanks.

We have a tool to compress the rubber cone suspension on the old minis and it looks like we can use that as part of the solution.

We will use some stainless-steel threaded bar as its generally stronger.

Many thanks.

[BX]

See attached pic. Home brew kit on a budget. Yes it works. I just use washers. Molybdenum grease and more leverage rather than buy the thrust bearings as used on the Ruville tool.
I wouldn't recommend stainless steel. 8.8 or higher tensile is better. A lot of threaded bar is not rated at all. It is just a soft mild steel. Most engineering suppliers carry high tensile threaded bar.

[xsaras4ever]

Thanks again.

We went to our local agricultural shop. They have the black high tensile stuff.

We are going to give the axle a go soon and will let you know how we get on.

Cheers for now..

[ekjdm14]

Sorry to drag this up, but did you get round to doing this axle job in the end, and if so how did it go? I've currently got a rear beam in bits sat in the garage & the shafts look OK (as were the bearings, before I drove them out!) but I may yet fit new shafts for peace of mind.

[xsaras4ever]

Sorry - no we didn't.

A good axle "came up" for cheap so we went that route.

It still ticks around in the brain as a skill to learn though..........

[ekjdm14]

Same here, the shafts are good on the "spare" axle & car's coming together now but it's still something I may look into, using the scrap axle as a guinea pig, in future.

[xsaras4ever]

Yep , same here.

Xsara , ZX and Pug 306 axles are a doddle , so doing the 206 is a bit of "unfinished business" for us.