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Guys, now that I've cured all the rattles at the back of my 406...the front is starting to rattle. My guess is that its the anti-roll bar bushes. I logged into Europarts and for the 2.0 HDi they have bushes for 3 different anti-roll bar sizes, I think they were for 22mm,23mm and 24mm anti-roll bars. Which is the right size of bush for my car?

Cheers

I've taken a guess that yours is a HDi 90 saloon?

ServiceBox lists both 23 & 24 mm front a/r bars - so I gues it could have either and no rear a/r bar....

(FWIW, Mine has 24 mm front / 22 mm rear).

Maybe if you check it SB yourself, or post / PM your VIN?

dogslife wrote:I've taken a guess that yours is a HDi 90 saloon?

ServiceBox lists both 23 & 24 mm front a/r bars - so I gues it could have either and no rear a/r bar....

(FWIW, Mine has 24 mm front / 22 mm rear).

Maybe if you check it SB yourself, or post / PM your VIN?

Yeah its an HDi 90 saloon. No rear anti-roll bar , it definately does as I replaced the bushes on it last month

its not common for the anti roll bar bushes to go ,,

its more than likely gonna be droplinks on the front. i still have a set of anti roll bar bushes
because thats whati thought it was last year and sum1 on here told me that it wont be them cos they dont go really ..

have u changed the droplinks ? on the front of course

it couid be the droplinks,
even some new ones rattle after abit, they dont seem to last long
ive replaced the droplinks and anti roll bar bushes on mine on the front,

now the rear anti-roll bar bushes have decided to expire, ineed to get some - soon itsounds like its falling to bitsover bumps ,

Im fairly sure the front drops were changed just over a year ago. My diagnosis is purely going by rattle, I need to get her up on the ramps and have a look round the front end.

lozz wrote:now the rear anti-roll bar bushes have decided to expire

Be VERY careful when taking off the nuts, Both bolts broke right off on my drivers side. Luckily one bot broke off near the bottom and I was still able to get the nut back on. The other sheared off near the top and I had to do some tricky welding to get enough bolt back on, I was then able to use 3 washers and got the metal bracket secured back on around the bush.

Is there an easy upgrade for the rear arb?

CountryPug wrote:Im fairly sure the front drops were changed just over a year ago. My diagnosis is purely going by rattle, I need to get her up on the ramps and have a look round the front end.

lozz wrote:now the rear anti-roll bar bushes have decided to expire

Be VERY careful when taking off the nuts, Both bolts broke right off on my drivers side. Luckily one bot broke off near the bottom and I was still able to get the nut back on. The other sheared off near the top and I had to do some tricky welding to get enough bolt back on, I was then able to use 3 washers and got the metal bracket secured back on around the bush.

cheers mate.
iwill warm the bolts up a bit with blow torch,

ihear the tank as to be lowerd abit to do the driver side rear one is that true ?

DRTDVL wrote:Is there an easy upgrade for the rear arb?

do you mean Poly bushes ?

lozz wrote:ihear the tank as to be lowerd abit to do the driver side rear one is that true ?

Nah, I didnt have any trouble getting in to work at it, it is a bit trickier than the passenger side but you shouldnt need to drop the tank.

CountryPug wrote:

lozz wrote:ihear the tank as to be lowerd abit to do the driver side rear one is that true ?

Nah, I didnt have any trouble getting in to work at it, it is a bit trickier than the passenger side but you shouldnt need to drop the tank.

cheers mate.
iwill have a bash at it as soon as iget some bushes,

Nah i meant the physical bar i wouldn't mind a bit less roll in the rear and less understeer. I'm use to my 205 which is running a 24mm arb in the rear, was hoping there was a easy swap out

DRTDVL wrote:Nah i meant the physical bar i wouldn't mind a bit less roll in the rear and less understeer. I'm use to my 205 which is running a 24mm arb in the rear, was hoping there was a easy swap out

idont think there will be mate,

ifind my 406 the same , too much roll in the rear it either needs a ton of sand in the boot or some wider wheels me thinks

what does the coupe/v6 use? or the estate? the xantia?

DRTDVL wrote:what does the coupe/v6 use? or the estate? the xantia?

not sure if the xantia as rear arb tbh ,, as there a hovercraft suspension