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Another Xantia suspension query

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Sorry to bore everyone with yet another Xantia suspension question.....

I went out in my Xantia (1996 1.9 TD) this morning and it seems as if my rear suspension has become rock hard. I can raise and lower the suspension with no problem, and despite a session of Citrobics the hardness is still there. I changed out the front struts and all 4 main spheres a couple of months ago and the ride was fine (a bit high at the front – I think I may have ‘tweaked’ the height adjuster clamp when I changed the front wishbone rear joints). Anyone got any thoughts?
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your plastic link rod may no longer link the rear anti rollbar and the hieght corrector mechanism.. the

pop the back wheels on ramps and on-high and have a look..

this link rod tells the height corrector what the car's height is, and with that info the car levels out and is soft.. when they fall off or break the car reverts to no suspension normally....

worth a look

John

edit...
the link fails because it tries to shift the rear HC mechanism, which may have seized etc..

also, the front wishbones should not really have anything to do with rear hard suspension....
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Post by myglaren »

Sounds like the rear spheres have collapsed but it's usually a progressive thing over a few weeks or months.
Is it a hydractive and the rear end stuck in sport mode?
If the rear height corrector is missaligned then that may be the cause of course.
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Gosh, I hope the rear spheres haven't collapsed after only a couple of months!
It's non Hydractive.
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Kubel wrote:Gosh, I hope the rear spheres haven't collapsed after only a couple of months!
It's non Hydractive.
Unlikely unless they were defective to start with - as I say it is unusual for them to go suddenly - not both together anyway.
I think John's diagnosis more likely.
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Kubel wrote:Gosh, I hope the rear spheres haven't collapsed after only a couple of months!
It's non Hydractive.
Where did you get them from and what spheres were they? (new citroen, new copies, regassed old ones?)
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Post by Kubel »

Absurd as it sounds I had the spheres sent over to here in France from the UK. They were new copies (can't remember where from at the moment - Scotland, somewhere, I think).
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