removing rear beam

22nd November 2010, 19:31

i have a crashed saxo i need to take the rear beam off am i right in thinking all i need to take off is:

the 4 bolts through the car
the brake pipes
the handbrake lines

is this all?

cheers

22nd November 2010, 20:07

Quote:

Originally Posted by readie

i have a crashed saxo i need to take the rear beam off am i right in thinking all i need to take off is:

the 4 bolts through the car
the brake pipes
the handbrake lines

is this all?

cheers

Yep, handbrake cables first. You need to loosen the bolt under the exhaust heatshield a fair bit, then you can just detach them from the calipers.

Then disconnect the brake pipes that loop under the beam.

Depending if it's a vts or not the abs sensors will have to be removed.

Then just the 4 bolts from inside the car. Recommended to have someone help get ther beam off, otherwise just use a jack to help lower it.

22nd November 2010, 20:45

remove the exhaust too

22nd November 2010, 21:49

worth soaking bolt and brake connections in wd40 day before.If you can get hold of a proper brake pipe spanner it is a lot easier too.

22nd November 2010, 22:03

Get someone to help you, I did it alone on mine an nearly crushed my head

22nd November 2010, 23:04

i think as its a doner car and i dont need any of the bits i will be just cutting all of the brake pipes/cables and letting rucky p remove the ends when he lowers and fits it

23rd November 2010, 16:44

how long does it take to swap rear beams over?

23rd November 2010, 16:57

took me a day to do- had to change bearings too, but pretty easy to do to remove beam. as said make sure theres 2 to do- as beams are quiete heavy

23rd November 2010, 19:04

how long for just a straight beam swap and change discs and calipers and bleed them etc... somebody rekons he can do it in about an hour and a half?? and im not sure bout it as it seems like alot to do thats all

23rd November 2010, 19:52

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Originally Posted by devil34uk

how long for just a straight beam swap and change discs and calipers and bleed them etc... somebody rekons he can do it in about an hour and a half?? and im not sure bout it as it seems like alot to do thats all

hmmmmm! that seems way to quick for me for replacing rear beam IMO,

i would say that job would take minimun 3hours with knowing exactly what to do and a ramp to help lol, i used axle stands and was bit tricky but do able

23rd November 2010, 20:12

Quote:

Originally Posted by devil34uk

how long for just a straight beam swap and change discs and calipers and bleed them etc... somebody rekons he can do it in about an hour and a half?? and im not sure bout it as it seems like alot to do thats all

hour and half is about right, bearing in mind we are doing them on an almost daily basis though. if you work logically theres no need to disturb the brake lines and that stops you having to bleed the brakes, eliminates possibility of rounded brake pipe unions/snapped bleed nipples etc

23rd November 2010, 20:15

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Originally Posted by mandyslover70

hour and half is about right, bearing in mind we are doing them on an almost daily basis though. if you work logically theres no need to disturb the brake lines and that stops you having to bleed the brakes, eliminates possibility of rounded brake pipe unions/snapped bleed nipples etc

Does working logically mean unbolting the brackets from the beam that the brake lines clip in to? Just so I know for futture referecne lol

23rd November 2010, 20:19

Its piss easy.Removed mine myself and refitted it all on my lone-some.Found it easier putting it back on too.Just lowered the jack before i dropped the bolts.Could probably remove and refit in an hour and a half.

Mandyslover how is it possible to remove it without disturbing the brake lines??

23rd November 2010, 20:33

unbolt the brake pipe brackets from the beam,unbolt load sensing valve from beam and hang calipers to the side. always do them like this for speed more then an other reason, can do it on most of the Pug/Citroen range, done 3 Saxos and a 206 this past week the same way

23rd November 2010, 20:50

I take it you do them on ramps??

I done mine on the deck and couldnt see how to do it that way.Just wasnt enough room to get into the load sensing valve bolts.Infact when i had the beam off the car etc,i had to remove a shocky to get into 1 of the bolts with a socket.

I just removed the calipers and the 2 front to rear brake pipes from the compensator and it was ready to pull out.Bit of cling film over the brake fluid reservoir stopped the fluid leaking out.Brakes didnt need bleeding either but i done it for piece of mind.

23rd November 2010, 20:52

no, do them on the floor, and yes you do have to move the damper out of the way to get at one bolt.

24th November 2010, 14:04

sounds easy enough may actually give this a try myself saves me a trip to rickyp

11th March 2011, 08:07

Old thread i know but hey. They are a peice of piss and yes you can do them in an hour and a half, i have put 2 axles on my saxo so far and the 3rd is going on today! It took me 2 hours to change it last time and that was removing and fitting with new brake lines from front to rear, both hubs changed, calipers all bled out and handbrake refitted. Its simple if you just look at what you need to do and get stuck in. Oh best to have 2 people but i did it on my own.

11th March 2011, 10:12

Agreed it is a two man job and would advise doing it in a logical way i removed mine on my own and was the first time doing it only problems i had was break bolts aready rounded off so was quite difficult and putting breaks back on as i had to remove the breaks off the axle