A plethora of noises

Shocks, springs, anything to do with the running gear

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FarmerPug
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A plethora of noises

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The front droplink has gone on the drivers, once again it was replaced in december the time the spring broke and destroyed the old one but its out of 'the other motor factors' who do a questionable quality drop link which i think explains why its went so early, but i think ill just go and get genuine peugeot droplinks in the hope they will last a bit longer. For the moment there is the clunking sound up front.

Now the back has started sounding like an old car trailer going over a bumpy road, i assume the bushings in the back somewhere, but what ones normally go, are they the ones that hold the rear axle assembly to the car?
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Check the upper horizontal link rods for play.
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jasper5 wrote:Check the upper horizontal link rods for play.
Seconded, you'll end up with a lot of wear on the tyre shoulder if these are sloppy!
Also check the condition of the ARB bushes.
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I went looking for a pair of new droplinks and seen these on ebay:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/PEUGEOT-406-1 ... 2567854593

4 years between changing droplinks. It sounds too good to be true
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Pricey but the four year warranty looks interesting (read the small print!)
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the hd have been uprated by meyle think they put bigger ball joints and thicker bars on them, the 306 boys love them as thay are not sh*t.

http://www.meyle.com/EN/Spare-parts/MEYLE-HD.html
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There are also D-shaped anti-roll bar bushes at the back and these suffer wear/play and give an annoying rattle/clonk.

Trouble is the one on the fuel-cap side is a PITA to get to, some have had to lower the fuel tank and/or the filler neck assembly just to get room for the spanners :frown:
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