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indian46
2CV Fan
Joined: December 27th, 2011, 9:50 pm
Posts: 99
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 suspension Hi all,
Just a small point: just been underneath to try to grease the knife-edge, (not sure of the best way to achieve that), when I noticed that the front wheel suspension units are fitted so that the cowling edge is facing forward.
Is this the right way, becasue surely the road dirt etc is likely to get sploshed inside the cowling.
I'm not worried, just wondering.
Car's an '82 Charleston.
Thanks all.
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| May 16th, 2021, 1:49 pm |
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AZL57
Firing on two.
Joined: October 22nd, 2014, 10:59 pm
Posts: 2193
Location: South-Limburg
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Re: suspension In the citroen maintanace book they to put grease on with a brush. Suspension units have rubber hamonica covers on normally.
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| May 16th, 2021, 6:34 pm |
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Taskos
Firing on two.
Joined: February 22nd, 2012, 10:34 am
Posts: 418
Location: Greece
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Re: suspension Old cars like 2CV are notorius for rust traps due to negligent design.
Looks like they had lost all hope on fighting the tin worm.
Could you please post a pic of it?
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| May 16th, 2021, 9:18 pm |
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indian46
2CV Fan
Joined: December 27th, 2011, 9:50 pm
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Re: suspension Thanks for that.
I think I've just had a Doh! moment: re the units facing the wrong way. If I simply refit them the other way round that will solve the situation. Is it that simply?
I assume the eye holes on the dampers on each end are the same diameter.
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| May 17th, 2021, 5:24 pm |
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EirikJ
Firing on two.
Joined: February 17th, 2009, 8:43 pm
Posts: 567
Location: NOrWAY
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Re: suspension
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Five 2CV's, DS 21 ieh Pallas -70, DS 23 h Pallas -75, CX 25 GTi automatic -89, XM 2,0i -90
And a Heinemann Z412 -80
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| May 17th, 2021, 6:23 pm |
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Taskos
Firing on two.
Joined: February 22nd, 2012, 10:34 am
Posts: 418
Location: Greece
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Re: suspension Don't just refit them the other way round, as specific shocks demand specific orientation. Depends on the brand as you may see on the suggested topic.
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| May 18th, 2021, 9:44 am |
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indian46
2CV Fan
Joined: December 27th, 2011, 9:50 pm
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Re: suspension Here's a pix of the front damper unit, the car front is to the left in the pix.
I can't see any makers mark so don't know if they are fitted the correct way round.
All I say is that during the six years I've had this car I've never been aware of 'handling' problems, maybe understeer when pushed hard, but I suspect that's just a characteristic of the 2cv.
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| May 24th, 2021, 4:23 pm |
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Roger V
Firing on two.
Joined: March 21st, 2013, 12:04 am
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Location: Exeter, Devon
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Re: suspension I'm sure Ken posted on here about correct fitting. Or somewhere anyway. 
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| May 24th, 2021, 5:55 pm |
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