On the subject of struts, one strut on my '86 505 worsened as my daughter drove the car and I didn't. When I finally did drive it I was appalled by the handling, particularly the tendency of the car to change directions as it went over rough pavement on corners, scary. The lower ball joint on the one strut was so bad it was ready to pop out. Dodgy handling on a 505 is a sure sign of badly worn suspension components, Carl did the right thing and replaced everything all at once, surely a very satisfying experience.
Dan
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From: carll46674@aol.com
To: peugeot-L@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Wednesday, April 06, 2005 8:16 PM
Subject: [Peugeot-L] 505 BUSHINGS AND STRUTS
I recently replaced all of the front end bushings on my '85 505s Wagon and I
heartily recommend doing so. The bushings aren't terribly expensive, except
for the upright links at each end of the front stabilizer bar, which are about
$25 each. There's a decent amount of work involved but all you really need
is a heavy duty vice and some appropriately sized sockets to press the new ones
in. This same recommendation also applies to the 504 and 604. The car is
quiter and takes the bumps better. It is also easier to steer (maybe due to a
more normal camber following the bushing replacement). I also noticed that the
pronounced camber of the wheels that I've noticed on my car and other older
505s also seems to have gone away with the bushing replacement.
Also worth considering is to rebuild the struts if they are rebuildable. For
that you will need a spring compressor.
If you do those two things you'll get about as close to making a new car out
of an old one as you can get.
If course it goes without saying that you'll also have to check your ball
joints and particularly your tie-rod ends in the process.
I also want to relate an experience I had with a bad front strut on my '85
Wagon. I would experience a rattling noise coming from the front driver's side
whenever I'd hit a bunp. Quite naturally I assumed it was a tie rod end even
though I knew the strut itself was bad. After I rebuilt the strut I realized
that what was really happening was that that the internal part of the strut
was banging around in its shell due to a lack of fluid.
Carl Lohman
'85 505s Wagon
'79 504 D
'92 505 DL Wagon
'78 604
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