02-02-2014, 11:47 AM
excessive camber, creaks (rare) clunks, or scary handling.
however even a beam that looks good, will often be donald ducked these days as they are getting old.
mileage and age say nothing of a beams condition, last one I took apart was from a 51k 2002 Xsara VTS, took quite a while longer than most 306 beams to get apart, both arm shafts were buggered, one even started sticking in the bearings and coming out of the trailing arm, so it wasn't far off being seized.
that one just donated its bars trailing arms and tube, as thankfully the shafts hadn't started wearing through the bearing casing.
however even a beam that looks good, will often be donald ducked these days as they are getting old.
mileage and age say nothing of a beams condition, last one I took apart was from a 51k 2002 Xsara VTS, took quite a while longer than most 306 beams to get apart, both arm shafts were buggered, one even started sticking in the bearings and coming out of the trailing arm, so it wasn't far off being seized.
that one just donated its bars trailing arms and tube, as thankfully the shafts hadn't started wearing through the bearing casing.