Anti-roll bar sizes?

Shocks, springs, anything to do with the running gear

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Re: Anti-roll bar sizes?

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country my droplinks never last for over a year no matter were i buy them from.
it may be worth doing them again.
on my estate theres speed bumps all over. every street .

droplinks should be a service part and chaged with the oil and filters. they are that bad. :evil:
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DRTDVL wrote:what does the coupe/v6 use? or the estate? the xantia?
Xantia's a completely different set up.

Front arb
23mm 5081C1 - Some D9 HDi 110 saloons, 1.8 saloon.
24mm 5081C2 - Everything else

Rear arb
517093 - 21mm - ? 1.6 perhaps.
517094 - 22mm - Everything else.
5170A2 - 22.5mm - ?
517095 - 23mm - All D9 coupés & V6.

So it looks like if you want to beef up your rear suspension you're best off talking to Ade :wink: You'll also need to change the rubbers of course, but the clamps are the same.

I don't have an amazing amount of 406 vins (always looking for more :cheesy: ), I don't have a D9 V6 saloon or estate for a start but I reckon if the D8 V6 rear is 23mm then so will the D9's. Nor do I have an HDi 90 saloon but I'd think 23 front, 22 rear.
Gary406 wrote:droplinks should be a service part and changed with the oil and filters. they are that bad
I've been thinking the same thing myself. Also, it would stop the damn things turning into a lump of rust that you can only get off with an angle grinder :frown: Perhaps not every oil change, possibly every other or when you change the fuel filter on a diesel.
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ye i agree. i do mine every year at least now .. .

the 1st thing i get out the shed is the angle grinder when changing the droplinks. i dont even attempt to do them with spanners anymore :shock:
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