Introduction
Tutorial made on Citroën Saxo phase 2 - 1.1 i 60cv
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Position le cric on the anchor point recommended by the manufacturer and raise the car
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Position la chandelle under the cradle next to the triangle and place the car on the jack stand
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Unscrew the pivot fixing bolt usingune clé de 16 and ofune clé de 17.
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Then release the pivot, taking care not to damage the protective cover or the ball joint bellows.
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Inside the passenger compartment, unscrew the two plastic clips and the screw that hold the front of the carpet. Then lift the carpet.
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Lift the soundproofing foam at the pre-cut location.
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Cut out partially using a cutter the foam paper, following the cut in the sheet metal.
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Unscrew the two nuts using a clé à pipe or 16 mm socket.
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Release the two screws from the rear mounting and the front joint, pressing down on the lower arm.
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Be careful to keep the protective cap of the ball joint, to put it back on the new lower arm.
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Place the old protective cover on the ball joint of the new one. triangle
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Start by fitting the ball joint axle into its location, taking care to correctly orient the cut-out for the locking screw, as well as correctly orienting the positioning finger of the protective cover in the groove of the pivot.
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Fit the bolt into the pivot by changing the nut, and tightening to 38 Nm
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Engage the two rear fixing screws in their location
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Engage the front pivot in its location and engage the screw
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Inside the vehicle, place two new nuts on the rear triangle mounting and tighten to 40 Nm
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Place a new nut on the front triangle fixing screw and tighten to 85 Nm
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Tighten the two bearing screws barre antidévers at 25N.m
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Replace the wheel and lower the vehicle to the ground
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Put the carpet back in place
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On the driver's side, check that the pedals work perfectly and are not obstructed by the carpet.
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Proceed in the same way for the second side.
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Have the vehicle geometry checked.
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10 Comments
I will add that when ordering the triangle choose the triangle with the pre-mounted suspension ball joint because if you are an “amateur” without special tools it is guaranteed to be a pain and…a random assembly
rgrbajus62 - Resolved on Release Reply
Thanks for this tutorial.
For my part, no particular problem apart from a gearbox oil leak on the driver's side: once the triangle is removed, be careful when handling the universal joint not to pull it towards you!!
Also, I wonder about the usefulness of checking the geometry when we don't touch the steering organs?
francois.letourmy - Resolved on Release Reply
I took the arm apart to change the suspension ball joint on both sides. But it's a pain when you don't have the tools and with the mass the arm placed in the vice, I couldn't do it. Finally I succeeded, the arm in the vice with a scrap iron nipple stuck between the arm and the vice which pushed on the rod of the ball joint.
Unscrew the pivot fixing bolt. Then release the pivot, taking care not to damage the protective cover or the ball joint bellows. The pivot does not come out in step 5 but only in step 9.
Be careful when fitting the ball joint into the arm not to damage the bellows when hitting a scrap metal object of the correct diameter on the back of the ball joint.
Reattach the anti-roll bar to the triangle, I struggled to put the second screw in.
Jean-Paul LIEBER - Resolved on Release Reply
