remove trailing arms??

1. VillicusVTR Established Member Joined: Jul 2010 Oldbury Posts: 1556 Citroen Saxo VTR 1998

   #1 3rd September 2011, 14:33

   need halp asap, ive given up trying to get the torsion bars out so im going to do it the wrong way temporarily....how do you remove the trailing arms?
2. user_19702 Saxperience Forum Bum Joined: Dec 2007 Kendal, Cumbria Posts: 2728 White mk1 VTS

   #2 3rd September 2011, 16:00

   by taking the torrsion bars out ....on torsion bar goes into one arm, then into the axle, and the other torsion bar is the other way around...youll also have to remove the anti roll bar end plate(s) to as thats what holds every thing together...so either way youll have to get your torsion bars out if you want to lower it/ replace bearings

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3. kyle4256 Established Member Joined: Feb 2008 dundee Posts: 1844 saxo vts

   #3 3rd September 2011, 22:00

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   Originally Posted by Goldsax by taking the torrsion bars out ....on torsion bar goes into one arm, then into the axle, and the other torsion bar is the other way around...youll also have to remove the anti roll bar end plate(s) to as thats what holds every thing together...so either way youll have to get your torsion bars out if you want to lower it/ replace bearings

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4. willsy West Midlands Joined: Nov 2005 Nuneaton (West Mids) Posts: 13835 '64 Volvo V40 R’Design, '89 Ph1 309 GTi, ‘97 Mk1 S

   #4 4th September 2011, 11:07

   For something that can be very easily solved if you take it to somewhere that knows what they're doing, you're going to end up needing to spend alot more on a new beam at this rate especially if you're going to smack the arms off :-(
5. user_36198 Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Aug 2009 ilkeston derbyshire Posts: 9823 C2 VTR stripped, 406hdi, clio 172

   #5 4th September 2011, 14:20

   you've just damaged any chance of selling the car tbh, i would be budgeting for a new beam into the price
6. lavo-vts Saxperience Forum Bum Joined: Jul 2006 derbyshire Posts: 3515 mk1 vts (ETW Mercury Grey)

   #6 4th September 2011, 18:31

   Hit them with a lump of cheese tbh if you can't get your bars out then u can't get your arms of tbh, take a pic of u hittin it with cheese and post it up (Y)
7. VillicusVTR Established Member Joined: Jul 2010 Oldbury Posts: 1556 Citroen Saxo VTR 1998

   #7 4th September 2011, 18:32

   i never attempted to take them off, was a panic question, fuckin glad I didnt
8. user_36198 Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Aug 2009 ilkeston derbyshire Posts: 9823 C2 VTR stripped, 406hdi, clio 172

   #8 4th September 2011, 18:34

   Quote:

   Originally Posted by lavo-vts Hit them with a lump of cheese tbh if you can't get your bars out then u can't get your arms of tbh, take a pic of u hittin it with cheese and post it up (Y)

   never heard of the cheese method tbh, is it the overwhelming smell of mouldy edam and red leicester that eases the bars out?
9. VillicusVTR Established Member Joined: Jul 2010 Oldbury Posts: 1556 Citroen Saxo VTR 1998

   #9 4th September 2011, 18:35

   must be, i heard apparently you rub some Stilton on it and the bars run off
10. user_36198 Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Aug 2009 ilkeston derbyshire Posts: 9823 C2 VTR stripped, 406hdi, clio 172

    #10 4th September 2011, 18:36

    aaaah so Stilton has lubricating properties, i see now, kind of like poor mans copper-slip as it were?
11. VillicusVTR Established Member Joined: Jul 2010 Oldbury Posts: 1556 Citroen Saxo VTR 1998

    #11 4th September 2011, 18:37

    haha yea, i suppose so !!