allye 530 3 Cars Posted October 27, 2009 Hi, I have been reading lots of 309 rear beam articles for hours (and enjoying it) as I have a 70,000 mile rear beam to go on my rallye, I know I need the hand brake cables, discs, brake lines and pads obviosly, but I have read I need compensators? 2 of these? sorry for my ignorence this is my first disc rear beam! I have 1900 front calipers to go on as well along with 1900 master cyclinder. Should be an ok budget brake upgrade! Thanks a lot, Ali Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Anthony 1,002 Posted October 27, 2009 Yes, you'll need some form of compensator in the system - (UK) Rallye's like other base models had the compensators built into the rear wheel cylinders AFAIK, and by converting to disks, you'll thus have no compensators and it will lock the rear wheels up prematurely when running 1.9 brakes up front. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
allye 530 3 Cars Posted October 27, 2009 great thanks for that, where do I locate them? cheers, ali Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
welshpug 1,645 Posted October 27, 2009 anywhere in the rear brake lines, IIRC on the 205 they're usually either side of the fuel tank, but on my ZX they are in front of the spare wheel on the boot floor. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
allye 530 3 Cars Posted October 27, 2009 Any one know a cheapish place to get them? is buying them 2nd hand of a breaking 1.9 gti not advised? Don't really want to go to Peugeot as they will rob me, my mate is a mechanic and could prob get them cheaper through his supplier. Thanks a lot, Ali Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
philfingers 5 Posted October 28, 2009 good ones demand high prices, I sold a pair for about £10 or 12 quid. They're mega bucks from a dealer i think and I don't think you'll get them from aftermarket suppliers. you could try http://www.brakeparts.co.uk/ see if they have them. They have different unions on the in/out side too from memory Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
j_turnell 134 3 Cars Posted October 28, 2009 I've got an 'as new' one spare if you get stuck. pm me. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
welshpug 1,645 Posted October 28, 2009 GSF do Bosch boxed ones for £30 each, which I think is half what epugeot do them for. its best to get them in pair as the specification did change. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
