hi guys,
need to change the anti sink sphere on my xantia, just had a look underneath and the anti sink sphere does not appear to have a pipe going into it!! is this because it is a late 1999 model with a different sphere fitted, or am i going blind? ( i was under the impression that they all had a pipe fitted to them?)
regards steve (aka carpysmith)
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hi citronut! cheers for that, i only had a quick look underneath while at work to see how big pipe was ( engineer at work is gonna sort me out a pipe spanner). i was expecting the pipe to be on the back of the sphere! but i didnt want to feel around too much while laying underneath coz it wasn,t on axle stands and didn,t fancy the car on my head,so only had a cursory glance at it!!
Will get spanner sorted and get car up on stands to do the job now i know where to look!!
Many thanks!
Steve (aka Carpysmith)
Will get spanner sorted and get car up on stands to do the job now i know where to look!!
Many thanks!
Steve (aka Carpysmith)
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9mm flare spanner and 4.5mm pipe seal will be required.
With the car on axle stands at the rear jacking points, or on a ramp, and depressurised:
Fit 9mm flare spanner to pipe nut, unscrew sphere which then unscrews the nut.
Fit new pipe seal, fit o-ring to sphere neck to stop it rusting to the socket, screw sphere into socket just enough to hold it in place, screw pipe nut up a couple of turns, screw sphere home with flare spanner on pipe nut, nip up the pipe nut and job done.
With the car on axle stands at the rear jacking points, or on a ramp, and depressurised:
Fit 9mm flare spanner to pipe nut, unscrew sphere which then unscrews the nut.
Fit new pipe seal, fit o-ring to sphere neck to stop it rusting to the socket, screw sphere into socket just enough to hold it in place, screw pipe nut up a couple of turns, screw sphere home with flare spanner on pipe nut, nip up the pipe nut and job done.
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