Peugeot 207 1.6hdi (New edition to the fleet)

[MattBLancs]

Happy to be proven wrong, but I'd rule out wheel bearing. My experience they've droned at certain speeds, never rattled.

You mentioned parcel shelf earlier, have you been for a drive with that, jack, wheel brace, spare wheel and anything else interior removed to confirm noise still present?

Definitely coming from the rear?

Checked boot lid not able to rattle? (Striker plate adjustment, make sure it's pulling nicely against the rubber seal)

Are there any more underbody plastics (like the rear beam cover you removed) ?

Fuel tank mounting straps look ok? (Had very rusty ones on the 206 at one point)

[Huskyxantia]

Ive tested the trailing arm bush no movement there, I cable tied the hand brake cable to the fixing bracket thats tight now , here's the weird bit , the hand brake locks up but will release with a bang, or whe you drive off, so I held the drum at a quater to three and slowly twisted it up and down like turning the steering wheel, there's a knock a quite knock but its a noise that could be the problem, wheel bearings , they are odd some will grind some drone if one of the races has failed I think it might cause some sort of sound, but confusing thing is when the wheel is on and the car jacked up there's no play when testing the wheel the same way it gets done in its mot.

Either way I've new drums on order so these come with the wheel bearings already in so im not to worried so much knowing it will be all done when it gets a bit drier make me have that bit of piece of mind.

Im now going to check the boot , ive a 100 mile round trip to do at mid day so im going to take the spare wheel out and stuff and see what happens , anything worth trying , I think if someone else has the same trouble this post might be useful

[Huskyxantia]

Happy to be proven wrong, but I'd rule out wheel bearing. My experience they've droned at certain speeds, never rattled.

You mentioned parcel shelf earlier, have you been for a drive with that, jack, wheel brace, spare wheel and anything else interior removed to confirm noise still present?

Definitely coming from the rear?

Checked boot lid not able to rattle? (Striker plate adjustment, make sure it's pulling nicely against the rubber seal)

Are there any more underbody plastics (like the rear beam cover you removed) ?

Fuel tank mounting straps look ok? (Had very rusty ones on the 206 at one point)

Going to remove parcel shelf and boot contents now,
Rear beam covers are off , no difference, might put them back on ? Dunno they could be traps for mud and help breed more rust
Tank straps I think there ok
Going to check the boot now. Update later this evening.

[Huskyxantia]

I wonder ?

[Huskyxantia]

Wondering still yes I am as it wasn't that above,

I've read this ...
https://www.peugeotforums.com/threads/r ... 407.17870/

Makes sense as it seems to be in that location.

[Huskyxantia]

So I drove the 100 plus mile trip with nothing in the boot and no parcel shelf and the noise was still there how ever I by accident found that the seat belt ancor points seemed to look lose and the metal belt part was rattling and making a very close sound to what I hearing, ive tighten these up both sides and ive wrapped rubber gloves around them as to stop any sound, I won't know if this has worked till tomorrow, I had some help from a little cat as seen in the photos

[Huskyxantia]

Suspect now and spoke of a few posts back skipping brake shoes ? Sounds possible

[PaulC5]

Possibly the brake shoe friction material has worn out or come unstuck. I had the latter once but can not remember what the symptoms were, possibly the drum was sticking. When you come to remove the drums all might be revealed but be prepared for new shoes and possibly a leaking cylinder.

If like the C3 and Cactus rear drums, the auto adjusters need to be free to turn (clean up and grease the threaded bit) and the hand brake set so the handbrake lever is against the shoe -if not then the auto adjusters do not work. These also need new hub nuts since they are peened over to help stop them coming undone.

[Huskyxantia]

I am looking forwards to pulling the drum off , any idea how to get the the adjuster , my shock seems to hinder the access to it

[Huskyxantia]

https://ebay.us/m/RGCoMR

Not to bad , so I got one

[MattBLancs]

The Grey 308 seat belt lower mounts give an occasional rattle (mostly drivers one and I notice it most when putting the belt on/off)
Try an O-ring stretched over the bolt head - I added one and it lessoned it a bit.

Feel the need to rule out possibilities

Spoiler: show

have you been a rude without the cat, in case puss' is source of the noise?

[MattBLancs]

Hub puller: looks good and can't grumble at less than a tenner delivered!

Beam plastic cover reinstallation: I'd put it back, but if there's rust to treat I'd get that sorted first then it does not need to come off again.
I'd be tempted to drill a few holes if there's obvious moisture traps that don't readily drain.

[Huskyxantia]

The Grey 308 seat belt lower mounts give an occasional rattle (mostly drivers one and I notice it most when putting the belt on/off)
Try an O-ring stretched over the bolt head - I added one and it lessoned it a bit.

Feel the need to rule out possibilities

Spoiler: show

have you been a rude without the cat, in case puss' is source of the noise?

Puss in boot ......

[Huskyxantia]

Saw a video different car but same isue the person said his brake cylinder piston had pop out and it was that causing the noise , wow.

Mines not this sort of problem as id see lovely wet streams of brake fluid running down the tyre , mines all dry.

[PaulC5]

https://ebay.us/m/RGCoMR

Not to bad , so I got one

Edit 27/1/2026 see my later post, I got this wrong, our cars have the bearings in the drum.

This will only work if your drum has studs. Our cars have wheel bolts so these screw into the hub and not the drum. The bearings on ours are in the hub but I think earlier you mentioned bearings in the drums so you should be ok. If the hand brake is released and its cable adjuster backed off a bit hopefully you will not need a puller, just depends on how bad the lip on the inside of the drum is.