rossimura 0 Posted January 14, 2006 Am I right in assuming 309 trailing arms are the same as 205 ones ??? and that only the beamtube, torsion bars and anti roll bar are longer ??? Just I stripped out my old 205 beam this afternoon (practice for the 309 one I've got). Left hand aide was so badly worn the roller bearings had worn through the bearing casing and pitted the beam tube.... trailing arm shaft was abit knackered. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PsychoSimon 0 Posted January 14, 2006 they are the same IIRC Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rossimura 0 Posted January 14, 2006 Sorry about the repost folks.... 306 trailing arms are similar too apparently, gonna be rebuilding my absolutely knackered 309 beam using a diesel 309 crosstube, and I've got a few unpitted trailing arm shafts out of 205s. I've got another to do on my new 309 after I've done that one (prevention is better than cure etc). Anyone tried reusing unmarked trailing arms, i.e. swapping a good right hand one for a left hand one ?? Or should I stop being tight and buy some new ones.. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
veloce200 3 Posted January 16, 2006 Sorry about the repost folks.... 306 trailing arms are similar too apparently, gonna be rebuilding my absolutely knackered 309 beam using a diesel 309 crosstube, and I've got a few unpitted trailing arm shafts out of 205s. I've got another to do on my new 309 after I've done that one (prevention is better than cure etc). Anyone tried reusing unmarked trailing arms, i.e. swapping a good right hand one for a left hand one ?? Or should I stop being tight and buy some new ones.. I'm doing the same job as you at the moment. I wouldn't have thought unmarked shaft could not be interchanged. Ultimately it's not like a crankshaft bearing so as long as the shaft and crosstube are OK should be fine. On the job I'm doing we're going for new shafts as they are not too much and then a used crosstube. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Anthony 1,003 Posted January 16, 2006 So long as the shaft is unmarked/unworn then you can swap it over just fine in my experience, although I'd recommend fitting it round 180 degrees to have it was previously. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rossimura 0 Posted January 19, 2006 Cheers folks.... good idea rotating them 180 degrees Anthony Hopefully I'll get round to building a complete (working) beam instead of taking them to bits.... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
