I Am A Car Killer

[Batfink 201]

Well after killing my BMW (which I am scrapping this weekend), I have been borrowing my Girlfriends 206

I've had to replace the dampers and today I went to sort a rear steer issue. MOT had apparently highlighted worn bushes, but it turns out that the bearings are screwed one side and I can move the trailing arm by hand

Thats two cars now in less than a month.

I have a month to wait before I get my replacement car so I think I might have to borrow one

[Tom Fenton 1,541]

From what I've seen it looks like 206 beams are turning into even more of an achilles heel than 205 ones. I've replaced a couple so far, on low-ish mileage 206 GTI's, and unlike the 205 beam, there doesn't seem to be an easy way to repair them either.

[welshpug 1,657]

Never seen one apart, but the diagrams seem to show that they're very close to a 106 beam, these seem to wear out far quicker as well.

 

oddly the 405, partner/berlingo, picasso etc have beams that look to be just a larger version, and seem to last decades.