That would come under a guide to rebuilding the arms right? I didn't change the bearings myself, only swapped the arms (and that's all this guide is supposed to cover).

^They were very tight when getting them off and the guy advising me on this was a Citroen mechanic of 40 years. He said to get a breaker bar on it and do them up tight. My car definitely seems to drive better now so hopefully it stays that way :lol: If you have done them up too tight, should it be e...

You can see in the picture of the fresh arm where it wears. These arms were particularly bad. You can see where it was machined and the brass bush put in. http://i236.photobucket.com/albums/ff280/fastfrogs/BX%20Rear%20Arm%20Swap/IMG_0379.jpg You may get away without having to machine them if you cat...

Let me know if I have missed anything. I'm no good at proof reading my own work

Okay. Here is my write up on swapping BX rear arms. Important notes: I had another set of arms refurbished and ready to go so this is only a guide to swapping arms. Not changing bearings. I would HIGHLY recommend you do this as if left too long the arms WILL wear and need bushing (as evident in the ...

They're much lighter than Mi16 wheels.

a lot of the time it comes down to what's available here too.

I'll order up a bearing kit.

Cheers guys.

^Cool. When you say it saves on pads/wheel bearings etc. Do you mean Xantia ones are cheaper? Shouldn't the pads be the same if I'm not changing calipers (or do you have to do that too?) Also, when you say where the bump stop rests. Do you mean it sits at a different hight on bumps? Higher or lower?...

Thanks guys, so not going to be a straight swap in any case? Jay, my BX has nearly 290,000km on it :lol: It's more a case of I would rather pay the money to have it done and have arms that I know will be tip-top. Rather than pull the old ones out only to discover that they do need machining. That wo...

Hey Guys Need to do the rear arm bearings on the BX. There is a Xantia (possibly V6) at the local scrapper. I was wondering if the rear arms would fit? I have heard they widen the track. Plan is to get arms and have any wear machined out and bushes put in so they are nice and fresh and ready to go. ...

Can we sticky this thread please? Maybe rename it to something about suspension tuning though.

Hi Guys I've (amongst many others) always been confused by which spheres you would use to tune the ride of a BX. One of the main points of confusion seems to be, does higher pressure = a firmer ride or a softer ride. I have always thought it would be firmer with a higher pressure but other people se...

Awesome!

All I can say is that on a 306 it is very noticable.

I meant for my 405 That's going to be for tarmac rally/hillclimb

I'm keen for dry sump but unfortunately they cost more than a small nations GDP