Romahome - Rear Suspension help plz

[Cas @*(0)*@]

Both rear radius arms bushes have worn out & needs replacing,how do you do them!
Some motor factors say they dont have coil springs on the back end.
Any part Nos please & where the best place to parts from....

Many thanks

[Derek]

Hi Cas

Ant has had this query before so I have clipped one of his replies

I don't have the tool to compress the rear springs to do the job so just farm it out to my local Citroen specialist who charges about £140 a side to do the job.
To make a spring compressor to do the job ( I was tempted) it needs to be much stronger than your average coil spring compressor and if it failed when the spring was compressed would certainly cause a massive injury if not death. Much easier to let someone else with the right tool do it.
Sorry for the delay in replying I don't know why I missed your post.
Ant

If you can see coil springs they will be spring assistors which supplement the torsion bars

Derek

[ant]

Cas.
The heavy spring that houses the rear shock absorber is the beastie that needs a special tool, ( I'm asuming your van is a C15). The bushes are quite cheap ( £30 to40) the expense of the job is the labour, the bushes rarely come out quietly and normally require some patience and persuading!
Ant

[martinw]

Hi Cas
I have done this job on my own van a C15 and I tried to do it without the special spring compressor as Ant says IT CANT BE DONE without it

Luckily a friend of mine knew someone in a Citron dealers service department and I was able to borrow the tool FOC to do the job.
(of coarse, I gave guy a good drink as he saved me loads of money)
The job is "fairly" easy with the right tool but IMPOSSIBLE without it so don't even try.

Martin

[Cas @*(0)*@]

Cheers for replys

We're having no luck with getting hold of the tool needed

Van still jacked up in the garden - not good ..........