Citroen Hdi 3.0 160Ps Rear Leaf Spring Replacement

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Hi All,

Just a quick post about changing the rear leaf spring. On the ends of each spring is a bush, mine had rusted and the circular part of the spring had cracked, and then started knocking. The job is relatively easy to do but the carriage bolts that go through these bushes are long, have a spline head and probablyt covered in mm of rust. This i what you'll need, a wire brush to remove as much rust as possible with some light oil. Then a deep reach socket set, Think it was 24mm and a e24 spline socket, and a very long bar to provide pressure. I found it easier to fix the spline socket onto a small wrench and cable tie it in place such that rotation on the nut side made the wrench push up against body work (with some wood and cloth providing protection). It took some time to remove the nut but then I don' really have a air wrench that's strong enough to remove this nut. Bought the tools pretty cheap off eBay and the whole job was about an hour. The two leafes of my spring are held together with a single nut and a small rectangular piece of plastic ptfe? interfacing between the springs. There is a recess in the hub that the nut head fits into, kind of important that the head is located correctly before doing up the U bolts. I was advised to buy new ones which I did. That was pretty easy, do them up and then just rubber mallet the axle in place and then tighten the U bolts up, repeat till it's all located and tight. Don't forget to reclip the brake cable back onto the spring..

 

Hope this helps someone..