xantia rear end

steve lowe · Post by **steve lowe** » 20 Feb 2006, 09:08

anybody got a diagram of the rear linkage to the height corrector. i have just fitted a new one and im not sure if ive got it right cos the back end is now stuck up in the air.

Mandrake · Post by **Mandrake** » 20 Feb 2006, 09:23

If you're refering to the plastic link, there is only one place it can go

Did you loosen the rollbar clamp when you fitted the link ? If so you'll have to follow the height setting procedure found elsewhere on this forum....

Regards,
Simon

Clogzz · Post by **Clogzz** » 20 Feb 2006, 11:17

Have a diagram anyway.

steve lowe · Post by **steve lowe** » 20 Feb 2006, 11:23

thanks for your reply but i did not mean the clip. i mean the bracket that comes from the diaphragm. it sits on a pin and a spring somehow fits into a slot. the spring has two legs on it and im not sure if i have reassembled it correctly. looking at the diagram the spring appears to have bothh legs at the front of the bracket. when i removed the old corrector only one leg of the spring went through the second slot on the bracket . i reassembled in the same manner but now the back end is stuck up in the air can anybody please advise

AndersDK · Post by **AndersDK** » 20 Feb 2006, 23:34

Steve -

Try refer to item no's in the diagram submitted by Clogzz.

- or are you in fact talking about internal parts/bits inside the HC itself ?

Mandrake · Post by **Mandrake** » 20 Feb 2006, 23:55

For clarification, in that picture the TOP diagram is for a rear height corrector, and the BOTTOM one is actually the front height corrector.

The brackets are a bit different, although the principle of operation is the same.

So you dissassembled the spring assembly as well ? From memory, the spring sits over a large round peg, and there are two flat plate swinging arms - the top one goes to the height corrector (it has a peg that sits in an elongated hole) and the bottom one has the ball coupling hanging from it onto which the plastic link clips.

Unfortunately that diagram doesn't show exactly where the ends of the spring terminate, and I can't remember for sure... If you still have it out, is it possible to take a couple of pictures of it so we can see what you're talking about ?

Also, you didn't answer my question asking whether you undid the rollbar clamp at any stage. (And thus lost the height setting)

Regards,
Simon

steve lowe · Post by **steve lowe** » 21 Feb 2006, 09:10

sorry for not replying earlier but i was under the car. right i havent touched the bracket on the anti roll bar. on the diagram if you look at the spring assembly you can just about see the end of the bracket from the height corrector this bracket has a hole to take the pin from the main linkage and a slot which takes one leg of the spring, on the front of this bracket there is a notch which is where the other leg of the spring woud appear to sit. but in this configuration nothing happens. i managed to get the back end down by raising the front which pushed the back down.

Post by **RichardW** » 21 Feb 2006, 11:39

You've connected the feed and return pipes the wrong way around on the height corrector

This seems to happen an awful lot, which suggests that some replacement H/Cs are built differently to the originals, and the ports are reversed

steve lowe · Post by **steve lowe** » 22 Feb 2006, 20:01

thanks i will try that i'll let you know if it works. if not its spend some money time

steve lowe · Post by **steve lowe** » 24 Feb 2006, 21:44

success at last :

what had happened was that the spring on the height corrector linkage had turned throuhh 360 degrees and was under no tension, after about an hours struggling to get it back into right position it suddenly popped back in. then replaced both back spheres and everything is now okay. (touch wood)