.. you know. Other small parts that are rare on early xantias such as the speedometer cable and the air intake/ turbo pipes might be worth saving. Also has the early fuse box and ABS. Didn't the early xantias have sturdier window regulator cables too? This car had all electric windows and mirrors.
Ah yes, very similar height corrector mod. This is what I did with old Jeff, I think I saw your modification and was inspired, but I went a step further with the following Xantia where I attached the bolts rigidly to the moving arms and enlarged the holes in the metal pressed frame to allow clearance. Then, I drew up and had laser cut a plate to tack weld on to the outer surface of each end of the cradle. This had a locating circle that held one of two sealed ceramic bearings in place and a M10 bolt passed through the lot. With the nylon link from the anti roll bar replaced with a rose jointed rod (have to blow torch off the brazed-on original ball joint) you end up with an assembly that has virtually no free play in it and once the manual control clearance and the ride height are set, you got pretty much factory level of height corrector action. I would be keen to get in touch with Calum who now has my last Xantia, to see how it's holding up after a good 4+ years now. If I ever find myself wirth a Xantia again- and I do wonder how likely that is - I'll repeat this modification for sure. Still have the CAD for the plate needed to laser cut.
The Xantia height corrector linkage cradle is my fave height corrector set up because it's really refined. It steps up the height variations of the axle but through a softer spring (than on all the old previous models) to give a better height correcting effect. But! Only when it's in good condition. It can be a nightmare when it's all rusted and stuck.
I must admit I was tempted by that faded red Xantia sinker on ebay lately.... anyone on here get that?
In fact, that silver Xantia for breaking will have F & R height correctors with the modified bold set up. I'm not sure how well they will have held up after 8-9 years but they might be good still?
Problem I had with the drill out the pivot and fit bolt modification was that the bolt head and nut with washers was corroding where it contacted the original metal cradle assembly. It was also wearing a larger hole where the bolt was touching the cradle that eventually began causing excess movement and sort of negated any effort to improve the performance of the height corrector. That's when the idea for using the sealed bearings came in.
aerodynamica wrote: 26 Sep 2024, 18:10
.. you know. Other small parts that are rare on early xantias such as the speedometer cable
A good call Graeme although quite a challenge to recover as they are hard to recover undamaged - all due to the ball/cup/sheath arrangement where it passes through the bulkhead...
To a person who is keen to run veg on a Transit I'm told...
