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I had a set of rear droplinks from ebay and they lasted about a year/18000 miles. I go up and down a dirt track full of pot holes about 5 to 6 times a day and i live in a rural area where the roads aren't great. If you live in a town they would last longer i think. You get what you pay for i pay a b...

Had to scrap my plan to do bottom pulley raining very heavy here. I did manage to patch up my exhaust though so thats another tick on the mot list. Bottom pulley next weekend....

Thanks for the advice i've just made up an angle guage with a bit of cardboard havent got the proper guage so this will have to do. Thats a good idea with the extension bars i'll have to see if i can borrow one from somewere. I've seen folk doing crank pulleys with that method they rest the extensio...

I'm doing the bottom pulley tommorow figured out how the tensioner works i used a 15mm ring spanner with another one hooked over the end to give more torque and locked it off ok with small allen key. I liberated a set of tensioners from the breakers just in case my ones are knackered cost £10 so cou...

The usual suspects are the roll bar links or the stabiliser links on the back they usually make knocking noises when they are worn out. Replacing the roll bar links is not too bad i bought a set of them recently for about £22 from motor factors took 1-2 hrs to do myself 3/8 ratchet with 17mm socket ...

Another way round this is to go to a breakers and get a nut and bolt i grabbed a pair of them. my 406 is aD9 i think they are the same on the D8 I keep a spare set of these when i do the the stabiliser links and at least if it snaps i'm covered. Can't always get to main dealer as its a 40 mile round...

have a read of this: viewtopic.php?f=27&t=17960
They are not to bad to sort out once you've done them a few times. I usually give the calipers a service every year before the mot.....

Hi again. Have a look at this picture of the caliper i took off my 406 the other day: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/49152307/BRAKE%20CALIPER.jpg

A is the guide pin slider
B is the caliper piston
C is the large slider i was talking about.....

A & C should move freely. Let me know how you get on....

I just re-furbished a rear caliper a couple of days ago so i can help you here . It sounds like the sliders could be seized . Inside the 2 little rubber boots theres a metal piece that slides in and out of the caliper body. One is a smaller boot (guide pin bolt goes through it). The larger slider/bo...

My exhaust snapped off at the part where the pipe goes into the silencer took to a welder he just cut in two places and welded a pipe in. Car passed its mot fine. I think you should be okay from what you said. This year i've got a hole in the silencer already patched it up last year so i think i'll ...

Those backplates seem to rust badly. Mines got holes in them i just patched them up with some fibreglass and gave them a coat of hammerite. Thats about all you can do really.

Hi i've been looking online last night at motaquip parts. What is the quality like and has anyone bought their discs and pads? They seem to be about half the price of what peugeot charge. I've just found out that they are part of PSA group (peugeot/citroen) which i wasn't aware of and a couple peopl...

I've just fitted the new suspension arms today. The old ones that came off were knackered, when you push down on the old ones you could see the rubber perishing under the force of pushing down. It all went okay took about 2.5 hours to do both sides the car corners better now need a new set of tyres ...

I know what you mean. I'm re-bushing a set of front suspension arms and its turned into a pig of job had to resort to burnng the rubber and and cutting slots with the hacksaw i'm doing it to save money can't afford to go to the garage all the time.....

They are a non preferred fit i actually took a brand new balljoint i had to a nut and bolt shop and they had m12 nuts but not a fine pitch. When i did a cv boot on my car recently i used the balljoint nut again the nylock was ok so i re-used it. Not had any problems so far. Like the haynes manual sa...