Rear trail arm fitting

[Greengti1 0]

Hi all,

 

just a quick question please.

 

i am rebuilding my rear beam, I have anew tube, bearing and trail arm tubes fitted and I am just about to fit the tail arms to the tube.

 

i inserted the trail arm tubes last nigh and they slid in well apart from the last cm or 2 ish.

 

Before i get my lump hammer out to seat the new shafts on the bearing I just wanted to check this is correct.

 

at this point I would rather ask a silly question then risk getting it wrong.

 

thanks very much for your help.

 

adam 

[Ozymandis 96]

You mean the pivot shafts into the roller bearings I presume.

They should go in with a bit of fiddling, If your beating them in with a lump hammer then somethings not right.

[Greengti1 0]

Hi yes that's what I meant, thanks.

 

if a little fiddling is all that's required and not any force I am glad I asked!  I willl have another look later.

 

thanks

 

adam 

[pug_ham 240 3 Cars]

I noticed this on the last 306 beam I built using the Peugeot rebuild bearing kits, the radius arm shaft goes tight through the bearings for the last 10-15mm.

 

I knocked the arm fully home when it first happened & then pulled it apart to check nothing had moved.

 

It was all as I'd built it up so I put it all back together & it's been fine on the car for over 20k since.

 

g

[Greengti1 0]

Hi

 

yes I went back to the garage I purchased it from and they said it was common on those tubes and bearing sets.  They recommended using a hammer (not to hard!) to locate it fully.

 

i will have a go at the weekend if I get time.