iv been a dunce !!

[spliffy]

hi all iv done something stupid and could do with some advice,on sunday i changed the drivers side wishbone bush ( the big metal back one ) i dis-connected the link rod from the anti roll bar and in order to get bush out i had to jack up the anti roll bar ( not thinking about it being attached to the height corrector )!!
when i finished the job and tried the car out the front suspenion would rise with added weight (as it should ) but will not s put ink when weight is took off.
the onlly way to get it to sink is to put in low then back to drive height . we tried fiddling with the two collars on the roll bar but could not get it work !!
the haynes manuall's only advice is take to a dealer ! ( what a suprise! ) is this easy to sort out or have i broken the height corrector ? having being a xantia owner for 11 years i have never had a front height corrector fault ( back yes several times ) cheers guys

[spliffy]

Im checking forum on information on height correctors but the pictures look different to my front one, mine is a white plastic box not a metal one, could someone tell me what system have i got ? mine has a sports button inside the cab which seems to make a little difference (not a lot) cheers

[citronut]

NEVER GET UNDER A HYDRAULIC CITROEN WITHOUT IT BEING PROPERLY SUPPORTED, THEY CAN KILL

firstly you should not have adjusted the hight clamps on the anti roll bar/s if it was all at the corect hight/level before you did anything,

do you know if the white doggy bone link between the H/C and anti roll bar has poped off at one end,

regards malcolm

[CitroJim]

I think, in jacking up the roll bar you bent the height corrector link rod extension piece; the bit that is attached to the collar and terminates in a ball...

When I've done bushes I've never found the need to jack the anti roll bar, just holding by hand it out of the way has been enough...

Just bought a couple for my HDi - one's so bad there's hardly any rubber left!

[Peter.N.]

Yep, did the same thing myself when I disconnected the rear anti roll bay on an XM, you will have to slacken the bolt in the anti roll bar clamp and readjust it. I hope its not as rusty as mine was

Peter

[spliffy]

the white plastic link bar was the first thing i checked it is still on so what do i need to do next

[Peter.N.]

If everything is still conected follow the metal rod linkage to the clamp on the anti roll bar, slacken the clamp bolt and rotate the clamp around the bar a little at a time until you get the suspension at the right height. The only safe way to do this is on a ramp because the height will change very rapidly.

Peter

[addo]

I paid a specialist $180 in labour to cock this up for me, so at least the OP has started out saving money...

Make a good (neat) mark where you start the correction from. With the car running and set to normal height, I barely slackened the clamp and carefully drifted it around wth a small hammer and a drift on the clamp bolt. After every adjustment nip the bolt up and I suggest going low-high-low-normal. When you're darned close, take it for a test blat and then re-check.

What gets me is how easy it'd have been to put a turnbuckle type adjuster in there for fine tuning...

[citronut]

Adam
i think its to late for the need of a mark/indicator as to were the clamp started, as spliffy says they have already tried adjusting the clamps,

regards malcolm