solara vs 306....?

[scooters]

Thanks Tiff - I'm gonna give it a miss.

 

Up to my scrotm in Pug rear brakes today. Have uncovered an exttraordinary bodge - which explains why the last owner didn't replace the handbrake cables or the rear shoes which came with the car...

 

lacking the 32 mm deep socket you need to get a breaker bar onto the hub nut (you need to do this to get into the drums) someone has cut a V in the top of the nut (which has also scored the bolt - in an attempt to loosen the nut by angling a cold chisel against it and leathering it with a hammer!!!!

 

being a numpty they did this to both sides rather than waiting to see if it worked with individual sides.

 

Here's hoping the damage isnt too bad - The scoring is only to the top flanged bit of the nut and it looks like the damage to the threads is minimal - here's hoping I can sort it or it will be an axel off job and I mightt end up buyint that tagora after all!!!

 

Anyway - already shattered a cheap and nasty 32mm socket so am popping ot to buy a quality one later. I'll get some penetrating spray on it in the meantime

[Barry Cade]

I think what you are seeing is normal? The stub pin has a "v" in it, and the nuts have a soft "flange" on them which is tapped into the "V" to stake the nuts in place.

[scooters]

ahh!

 

blimey - first time I have ever seen that - shows you the condition of ost of the wecks I have been driving around in for the last 20 years!

[Barry Cade]

ahh!

 

blimey - first time I have ever seen that - shows you the condition of ost of the wecks I have been driving around in for the last 20 years!

 

 

Pretty much all smaller Pugs and Ciroens have the same setup. If the nuts have been off a few times they can look pretty chewed- replace them if they are fooked.

[warren t claim]

Give this Solara a miss, I reckon you're gonna overlaod yourself with shite and give yourself a headache.

 

Plus Boobydoo's old Talbot is now owned by Wuvvum so you'll have difficulty persuading WTC to sell it to you.

 

Sshhhh!!!! I've just got his £250 deposit via Paypal.

[dieselnutjob]

The problem with running one of these cars as a daily is getting parts if it breaks down. Finding parts for my 604 is getting harder and harder. It took me three weeks to get a rear brake caliper rebuild kit posted from the US. I was looking at the exhaust today and I'm pretty sure that if a back box goes I'll have to get it custom made.

[Luxobarges_Are_Us]

While I agree with your point, Shirley it'd be faster to get bits from France as opposed to the US?!?

[Pete-M]

Spose it says something that the 306 is beating the Solara on AS.

 

We need more shite, buy the Solara anyway!

[scooters]

Spose it says something that the 306 is beating the Solara on AS.

 

We need more shite, buy the Solara anyway!

 

 

lol = it seems to have been bought...

 

not that I didn't want it but it didn't pass the tool test at muster...

 

306 is 15 years old....is it shite? well it's anye an 'older car'

[dieselnutjob]

While I agree with your point, Shirley it'd be faster to get bits from France as opposed to the US?!?

 

the part I needed was on ebay.com

I looked on ebay.fr and it wasn't there

 

If there is a better way to source parts from France I'd love to hear it (I'm sure there is)

[Luxobarges_Are_Us]

If I were you I'd look for something like "amicale 604" or "amicale peugeots anciennes". I think Mr B speaks very good French, and has had a history of getting shite from there, so he's probably the best person to ask.

[Mr_Bo11ox]

These boys list 604 caliper rebuild kits, £14 a side and theyre only in Rochdale or bolton or summat.

 

http://www.brakeparts.co.uk/