Rear Beam Info

[Pug Monkey 0]

Hi all and Happy New Year to you all and your families.

 

My 205 Gti (rear disc brake) is up for a rear beam rebuild soon. I have an Si beam (drum brakes) spare. Are the two beams (apart from the brakes) similar? That would give me the chance to rebuild the Si beam without the car being out of action, and then swap them and change the brakes over when the time is right.

 

I will be following the Wurzel's Rear Beam Refurbishment Guide. These are great articles - I just completed the big brake upgrade and the artical was spot on!

 

Many thanks

Mark.

[petert 585]

Adrian Wuillemin gave you the good oil in this thread:

 

http://www.aussiefrogs.com/forum/showthread.php?t=85504

 

Our UK friends probably wouldn't know what an Si was. The rear beam is different to a 1.6L or 1.9L GTi.

[welshpug 1,655]

I'm guessing it'll be an XS spec suspension with singlepoint injected XU5?

 

i.e Track control arms, 30mm wide rear drums, skinny ARB?

[Daviewonder 533 3 Cars]

Quick question. I'm fitting a 309 beam to my 205, is there anything to be gained from fitting the 205 1.9 beam front mounts to the 309 beam?

[SurGie 54]

I dont think there is any difference in using the 205 or 309 front mounts, 205 are off set, the 309 is not, just a matter of putting them in the right way round.

 

I have a quick question too, with the extra width of the 309 beam, will the ends of the beam get in the way of the rear inner wing areas or the beginning of the trailing arms ? ?

[jord294 91]

205 gti 1.6 and all 309 have the same crossmember brackets

 

only the 205 gti 1.9 has the offset studs on the crossmember brackets

 

i always tend to use standard crossmember brackets when fitting 309 beam to a 205

[mhyphenl 10 1 Cars]

205 gti 1.6 and all 309 have the same crossmember brackets

 

only the 205 gti 1.9 has the offset studs on the crossmember brackets

 

i always tend to use standard crossmember brackets when fitting 309 beam to a 205

 

Having scoured my beam brackets that are already on the car I can't see any D or G marks, either I'm lucky and have them on correctly or they're 1.6 brackets, what effect will this have on my car? I've only ever had 2 set of brackets, one of which is the set that got lost on its way to you which were never on my car, could I have been running all this time with the wrong brackets!!

[jord294 91]

if i'm totally honest, i don't understand why the 1.9 crossmember brackets are handed but obviously peugeot designed it like that for a reason

 

oh yes, them missing parts that never reached me, i remember now

[welshpug 1,655]

1.9 front brackets are handed because the studs are offset, come on Andy you should have known that one

[jord294 91]

1.9 front brackets are handed because the studs are offset, come on Andy you should have known that one

 

i understand that mei, but why are the off set

[welshpug 1,655]

because the 1.9 tyres are bigger, so they shift the beam a tiny amount to stop them rubbing

 

185 60 14 to 185 55 15 is 7mm difference in diameter, most running 15's on 1.6's don't notice because they run the wrong size (i.e 195 50 15) which is nearly 2mm smaller than the 185 60 14.

Edited January 25, 2011 by welshpug

[jord294 91]

because the 1.9 tyres are bigger, so they shift the beam a tiny amount to stop them rubbing

 

185 60 14 to 185 55 15 is 7mm difference in diameter, most running 15's on 1.6's don't notice because they run the wrong size (i.e 195 50 15) which is nearly 2mm smaller than the 185 60 14.

 

i had an idea it was something like that, but wasn't 100% sure