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 Posted: Wed Apr 23, 2014 12:40 pm |
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Hi I decided to check my front spax shock as I've always wondered if they are the correct way around.
Here's how mine looked in comparison to a picture I found on another thread.
How do I know what's right and wrong?
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Posted: Wed Apr 23, 2014 3:11 pm |
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I have always fitted them as you have them fitted in the left picture
the right picture looks like the car is jacked up with no wheel on anyway
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Posted: Wed Apr 23, 2014 5:21 pm |
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| lukepug19 wrote: |
I have always fitted them as you have them fitted in the left picture
the right picture looks like the car is jacked up with no wheel on anyway |
It is jacked up! This is from my track car post. But as I have said in response to the same post on my thread, the spring is not seated correctly.
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Last edited by SinfulDesignCom on Wed Apr 23, 2014 6:15 pm; edited 1 time in total
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Posted: Wed Apr 23, 2014 5:27 pm |
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Posted: Wed Apr 23, 2014 5:44 pm |
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Well I've always wondered as they didn't seem to be handed L or R!
Maybe I need to jack the car up and have a look
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Posted: Wed Apr 23, 2014 6:28 pm |
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Hold that thought - the seats will be the same whichever way you look at them, the difference between them is the bracket for the tie bar. It extends from the shock tube and biases toward the back of the car. Look at the bars on the deck and they should be close to vertical running top to bottom. If they are at an angle (eg, 11-5 on a clock as opposed to 12-6), then there is a problem, plus the bar itself will be very close to the driveshaft.
But that aside... this is still confusing as the seats on yours are made for a spring spiralled the wrong way; hence the spring not seating properly.
I might be wrong, but unless Peugeot changed the shocks part way through production of the model, I would say the shocks are wrong.
Hopefully this will open up tomorrow when more people see and you will have a definite answer...
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Posted: Wed Apr 23, 2014 6:31 pm |
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Ok thanks. The suspension setup is spax springs and dampers. Been on a few years now lol
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Posted: Wed Apr 23, 2014 6:34 pm |
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Maybe I need a ride to Kent to get it sorted 
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Posted: Thu Apr 24, 2014 2:16 am |
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I'm not convinced that damper pictured is correct. The dampers from Bilstein are numbered left and right. I'll check to see if the drop link tab should be further forward or to the back.
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| 2001 GTi 138, Bilstein Sprint dampers, H&R springs, 21mm Peugeot Sport torsion bars, 22mm rear ARB, Peugeot Sport Group A wishbones, 283mm discs, Goodridge stainless hoses, Maniflow 304 grade 4-2-1 2.5" manifold and system, 200 cell cat, Richard Longman head, 45mm Jenvey throttle bodies, 9.5mm TB spacers, 90mm air horns, Jenvey throttle linkage, Jenvey fuel rail, Aeromotive and Goodridge fuel fittings and braided hose, ITG sausage filter, Radtec custom radiator, Piper Ultimate Road cams, Piper vernier pulleys, Omex 600 ECU. Saxo electric PAS pump, Vibra Technics engine mounts. Samco coolant hoses, TTV steel flywheel, 4.76 final drive ratio, 307 CC 180 ratios. 2019 BMW 530i. 2017 Mercedes C300 convertible. | |
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Posted: Thu Apr 24, 2014 8:39 am |
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Well myself and Sir Edward concur.. there HAS to be a problem 
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Posted: Thu Apr 24, 2014 11:43 am |
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Which one do you mean Edward?
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Posted: Thu Apr 24, 2014 2:32 pm |
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Yours I assume. The Bilsteins are handed left and right as Edward says - again the difference being the lug for the drop links/tie bar... whatever you call them....
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Posted: Thu Apr 24, 2014 4:30 pm |
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The Bilstein might be right actually because I recall the top drop link nut being difficult to access unless steering lock was applied.
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