Does stiff suspension REALLY cause this?
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Does stiff suspension REALLY cause this?
Found this on another site I use, it's a 106. Does really stiff suspension cause the floor to go like that?
Originally Posted by Albino-Jay
found this when cleaning the car!
basically my suspension is too stiff at the back,and is know tearing its way up into the car!
so the plans are to plate it up good and proper, and weld in some sort of strut brace thingy accross the back, see how it goes if its shit again then re-shell when i can afford it
its started to crack along the boot floor on the drivers side now!
basically my suspension is too stiff at the back,and is know tearing its way up into the car!
so the plans are to plate it up good and proper, and weld in some sort of strut brace thingy accross the back, see how it goes if its shit again then re-shell when i can afford it
its started to crack along the boot floor on the drivers side now!
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focusv8 Yes but did the overly stiff suspension over-stress these joins and accelerate the rusting?
Soon after I fitted my coilovers, I was warned mk6 escorts suffer from this kind of structural failure at the rear from overly stiff suspension...... not sure where this person got their info from.
Same could be true for mk5 fiestas...
What year is this 106? If it's c.2000 or newer, I'm scared, if it's more like 1995, then I'd expect the arches to be corroded in the first place, but it's definitly been quickened by the high spring rates
Soon after I fitted my coilovers, I was warned mk6 escorts suffer from this kind of structural failure at the rear from overly stiff suspension...... not sure where this person got their info from.
Same could be true for mk5 fiestas...
What year is this 106? If it's c.2000 or newer, I'm scared, if it's more like 1995, then I'd expect the arches to be corroded in the first place, but it's definitly been quickened by the high spring rates
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looks like rust to me water gets into the cracks which rusts, weakens the metal which cracks where water gets in and rusts the fresh metal... etc etc those pics look like a rotten french car, water got into join from the wheel arch.
My missus has an 02 106 and the underside is rusty French muck
My missus has an 02 106 and the underside is rusty French muck
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106s use torsion bar rear suspension,, so the mounts bolt thru the boot floor, closer to the middle of the car.... not in the areas that has rotted/torn
in this picture the Rear mounts for the beam are under the little black plastic bung in the floor. IIRC.
so that would appear to be just normal rot? If it was mega stiff suspension causing it. then surely the main points of Tearing would be around the mounting points to the beam... from them plastic covers and the one in front of it (almost under where the rear seats should sit)
EDIT: having said that, i can see how Maybe it could try and bring the whole boot floor upwards like that
in this picture the Rear mounts for the beam are under the little black plastic bung in the floor. IIRC.
so that would appear to be just normal rot? If it was mega stiff suspension causing it. then surely the main points of Tearing would be around the mounting points to the beam... from them plastic covers and the one in front of it (almost under where the rear seats should sit)
EDIT: having said that, i can see how Maybe it could try and bring the whole boot floor upwards like that
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How much weight is over the rear suspension in a 106? there cant be enough weight over the rear wheels for the suspension to be that harsh that it sends a shock up the chassis. I would have thought if the suspension was too hard the car would bounce the wheels over bumps rather than cracks and rots.
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hard suspension will cause premature failure as it sppeds up wear and tear. read somewhere aswell that after a certain amount of years a shockingly high percentage of spot welds on the car will fail
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Its mainly the fact its a badly made piece of french crap that doesnt have adequete rust prevention.
Once the shell was weakened by rot though, the hard suspension would have exagerated how quickly fractures then occured.
Mainly its the rust that has caused that though
Once the shell was weakened by rot though, the hard suspension would have exagerated how quickly fractures then occured.
Mainly its the rust that has caused that though
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Lowering the torsion bars on 106s does not make them stiffer, and I doubt very much this kid has purchased uprated torsion bars and anti-roll bars for his rear beam.
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Originally Posted by chip-3door
Its mainly the fact its a badly made piece of french crap that doesnt have adequete rust prevention.
My 1998 106 is rust free and all the old 205's I look at always seem to be pretty good Much better than an old Ford anyway
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Which web site has this come from?
It may be worth discussing on the 106 rallye club site:
www.106rallye.co.uk
Peugeots are galvanised so rust isn't a major problem although they do start to rust around joints as has been stated above. The rallye and GTi's had stiffend shells as well.
I'm interested in whats caused that to happen, but I think we need more info about the car etc.
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It may be worth discussing on the 106 rallye club site:
www.106rallye.co.uk
Peugeots are galvanised so rust isn't a major problem although they do start to rust around joints as has been stated above. The rallye and GTi's had stiffend shells as well.
I'm interested in whats caused that to happen, but I think we need more info about the car etc.
Kirk
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Originally Posted by chip-3door
The galvernising tends to mean they dont rust in any of the places where rust isnt a big problem anyway, like the middle of a panel etc, lol
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i had a friend that in 2001 had a 1.1 fiesta he cut the springs so there was one coil left and that one coil did fuck all so no point it being there, was dropped like 200mm or something
handled like shit took off when hit a bump, perfect for handbrakes i must add!! good at burnouts to cuz no body roll and all from a 50bhp lump
started rotting like fuck on the aches like after a month an before it was hardly noticalble
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handled like shit took off when hit a bump, perfect for handbrakes i must add!! good at burnouts to cuz no body roll and all from a 50bhp lump
started rotting like fuck on the aches like after a month an before it was hardly noticalble
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This is weird.
I best get checking my boot floor. I can hear a lot of creaking noises recently from the rear. Rose jointed beam, Strutbrace, and coilovers. I hope the floor isn't fucked.
I best get checking my boot floor. I can hear a lot of creaking noises recently from the rear. Rose jointed beam, Strutbrace, and coilovers. I hope the floor isn't fucked.
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