205 Tu Subframe - Can You Fit 309 Tu Lower Arms?

[Tandoh 17]

Quick question really? Do the TU 309 lower arms fit onto a TU 205 subframe? Im planning on using 309 driveshafts also if they do fit

Cheers

[johnnyboy666 195 1 Cars]

yes, assuming you mean 309 track control arms.

 

my advice would be to make sure both sides are the same brand, due to 'manufacturing tolerances'

 

and prepare to wrestle them in, I have found its usually easier to do the first one (possibly due to tension on the ARB?)

[Tandoh 17]

Yea that's the one. I'm guess I'll need to wind out the track Rods a bit afterwards, then get the tracking done?

Found some on eBay cheap brand new, along with new driveshaft so I thought its worth a go!

[johnnyboy666 195 1 Cars]

yeah deffo worth it, gives a tiny bit extra camber (not sure how much exactly) and as you say that parts are cheap as chips.

yeah the TRE's will be well off, I just lined them up by eye to get to the tracking place

[Tandoh 17]

That's awesome. Cheers for the advise mate

[johnnyboy666 195 1 Cars]

no probs I have been tempted to get a little camber guage to see how much it gives, but I'd need a flat floor to start with! I'd imagine maybe 1/2 a degree or so

[Tom Fenton 1,540]

You can do an acceptable camber measurement with a couple of blocks of timber, a spirit level, a measuring tape, and a bit of trigonometry.

[johnnyboy666 195 1 Cars]

been a fair few years since i did any trigonometry!

mind you thinking about it, as its a road car, finding out what the figure is, is pretty irrelevant. It seemed to make a noticable diference and I'll probably do the same on the xs when that gets some tlc soon

[calvinhorse 870]

yes, assuming you mean 309 track control arms.

 

my advice would be to make sure both sides are the same brand, due to 'manufacturing tolerances'

 

and prepare to wrestle them in, I have found its usually easier to do the first one (possibly due to tension on the ARB?)

 

Try jacking both front wheels off the ground, one side at a time causes the arb to force the side your working on in a funny direction

[johnnyboy666 195 1 Cars]

that makes sense! Unfortunately at the time all my spare axle stands were propping up the other 205!

[Tandoh 17]

Ah that's for that one

Just got both driveshafts and both track control arms for £75 delivered! Gotta love eBay!

[calvinhorse 870]

that makes sense! Unfortunately at the time all my spare axle stands were propping up the other 205!

 

typical Peugeot owner!

[NDJN 6]

If you was to put the 309 track control arms on, do you need to change the anti roll bar or do they fit ok? also how much longer are they?

 

cheers, nathan

[johnnyboy666 195 1 Cars]

you dont need to change the anti roll bar

im not sure exactly how much longer they are, but somewhere around 10mm each side sounds familiar

[Tandoh 17]

I'll measure them at the weekend to see how much wider they are

[johnnyboy666 195 1 Cars]

ooh just as a hint if you haven't already done it, after several times doing these, i came up with a way of getting them to line up with the subframe without breaking your back. I used a ratchet strap to pull the ARB into as close to the right position as I could get it then pulled it into place by hand to get the bolt through.

a hell of a lot easier than trying to fight the arb all the way then take one hand off to get the bolt through, only for it to inevitably slip back to where you started.

 

I think ratchet straps are slowly becoming my favourite part of my tool kit!!