Rear suspension arms
Moderator: RichardW
Rear suspension arms
Hi all, Question.....
Are the rear suspension arms from a Xantia estate the same as the saloon? and will they fit onto a saloon? They look the same, both same spec. I have checked pr-net but not too clear about it. The bearings seem to be going on my Xantia saloon, creaking as it rises up and going over bumps. I have found an estate that I can get them off for only £45 if I remove the myself.
Can you help?
Paul.
Forgot to say it's the nearside rear arm.
Are the rear suspension arms from a Xantia estate the same as the saloon? and will they fit onto a saloon? They look the same, both same spec. I have checked pr-net but not too clear about it. The bearings seem to be going on my Xantia saloon, creaking as it rises up and going over bumps. I have found an estate that I can get them off for only £45 if I remove the myself.
Can you help?
Paul.
Forgot to say it's the nearside rear arm.
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If the donor car has done any sort of mileage they might be in a similar condition. New bearings are not to difficult to fit, you can get the outer ring out of the arm quite easily by running some weld, with a stick welder, around the inside of it, when it colls the ring will shrink and you can quite easily remove it with a couple of screwdrivers.
GFS do the bearings for £6:50 each or a complete repair kit for £21:00 I have just noticed that the estate bearings have a different part no and are dearer, so that should answer your question. If you are going to replace them I would do both sides.
GFS do the bearings for £6:50 each or a complete repair kit for £21:00 I have just noticed that the estate bearings have a different part no and are dearer, so that should answer your question. If you are going to replace them I would do both sides.
Right, bought a suspension arm repair kit from GSF. Had a look at it and it seems fairly straight forward providing the diagram on the box is correct. I will have to phot the bolt and arm/bearings as I remove them . Any other tips??
Starting the job in the morning (I hope) providing it doesnt rain....
Paul
Starting the job in the morning (I hope) providing it doesnt rain....
Paul
Hi there, I did mine a couple of months ago, no real problems.. but make sure you use ALL the parts in the kit. I found that after I removed (i.e. chiselled and generally mangled) the plastic sleeve from inside the arm, then there was a small lip showing of the bearing carriers which allowed me to tap out the carrier from the opposite end with a screwdriver, working around a bit at a time. It's well worth doing a search on here and reading through peoples experiences..