A bit fooked - Suspension Forum - Peugeot 306 GTi-6 & Rallye Owners Club

Post #1

has anyone seen this happen to a drop link before and any idea what could have casued it?

mark-house has attached the following image:

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Post #2

Smashing into a kerb?

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Post #3

Nope not done anything i can remember been very carefull with her.

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Post #4

Hmm. It's a hard plastic one aye?

Could be something as simple as a manufacturing defect causing a stress fracture?

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Post #5

Thats what i was thinking just hope that it hasn't damaged to ARB driving it like that.

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Post #6

Any idea how long it was like that? Or did it just go bang recently?

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Post #7

Not heard a bang and only noticed it when i changed the rear engine mount. Carl had the car recently to do the cambelt and im sure he would have said something if it had been like that. if i had to take a guess i would say maybe driven couple of hundred miles on it. drving it tonight after i changed it it did feel like the car was understeering but then again it was a wet road and going round a round about.

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Post #8

That's a funny one. Definitely looks like an impact of some sort.

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Post #9

Could this have damaged the ARB do you think?

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Post #10

I would be suprised if it had Mark. The droplinks will flex a bit to absorb any shocks and if there is a force that the links can't cope with then they should break before anything else.

Did the new one's line up and fit alright? I.e. was the distance between the point on the damper and the end of the arb about the same on each side?

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Post #11

Strange that, i had one that just bent like a boomarang,

Ignore the upsidedown TRE

Post #12

i've had this happen several times in the past... when i was still workin in portsmouth dockyard i put it down to all the speed bumps, never happened since i fitted metal drop links! Wink

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Post #14

Ive had one snap on me but thats it!!

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Post #15

Double check the arb bushes/grease them, it's stiction in the bushes.

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Post #16

Yeah i was thinking about replacing the ARB bushes when i do the wishbones. im slowly replacing all the old rubber as after 11 years i think its all a bit knackered.

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Post #17

ben306 wrote:

Ive had one snap on me but thats it!!

+3 now I think. LOL

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Post #18

never had one snap! just had them seize or rattle like fook.

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Post #19

welshpug! wrote:

never had one snap! just had them seize or rattle like fook.

I had one snap,luckily I wasn't to far from Ash's house,It was banging about all over the place.mind you that was a weekend where if something could go wrong it did go wrong.

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Post #20

phillipm wrote:

Double check the arb bushes/grease them, it's stiction in the bushes.

so f you fit new ones you should grease them??

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Post #21

which ones are better actually? the metal or the plastic ones?

mine are squeeking madly

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