peugeot 306 rear suspension
peugeot 306 rear suspension
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hi, as I know today manufacturers mostly use solid axle, torsion beam axle and multilink rear suspension systems.
Solid axles on some SUVs and pickups, multilink on RWD and AWD cars and also on bigger FWD cars, and on small cars we mostly found torsion beam axle (also twisted beam axle).
But what kind of rear suspension is on an old 306?
It looks like torsion beam, but on torsion beam - axle is of one piece, on peugeot it is from thre pieces - axle and two wheel arms that are conected to the axle and can sving up and dowm comare to the axle. Also axle is screwed stiffly to the frame, on the contrary as torsion beam is - where we have one axle that holds both of the wheel and is conected to the frame wia trunnion.
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Solid axles on some SUVs and pickups, multilink on RWD and AWD cars and also on bigger FWD cars, and on small cars we mostly found torsion beam axle (also twisted beam axle).
But what kind of rear suspension is on an old 306?
It looks like torsion beam, but on torsion beam - axle is of one piece, on peugeot it is from thre pieces - axle and two wheel arms that are conected to the axle and can sving up and dowm comare to the axle. Also axle is screwed stiffly to the frame, on the contrary as torsion beam is - where we have one axle that holds both of the wheel and is conected to the frame wia trunnion.
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RE: peugeot 306 rear suspension
RE: peugeot 306 rear suspension
RE: peugeot 306 rear suspension
www.retro-revival.co.uk/rearbeam.html
Rather a nasty solution really, surprising for Peugeot. The main load carrying elements in a suspension should last the life of a car, in my opinion.
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Greg Locock
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RE: peugeot 306 rear suspension
"It looks like a trailing-arm independent suspension, the "axle" is just the pivot axis for the trailing arms and does not move up and down relative to the body."
on wikipedia aslo said that 306 has trailing arm/torsion beam suspension.
but where are the springs. Suspension on this picture is modified (yellow dumper and smal coil spring), on stock it doesn't have coil spring only dumper is seen.
RE: peugeot 306 rear suspension
The spring is a torsion bar inside the tube, I think. I don't know how it is anchored.
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RE: peugeot 306 rear suspension
RE: peugeot 306 rear suspension
The red part is the normal ARB
Pretty crap sABS solution though.
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René le Grand
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RE: peugeot 306 rear suspension
Hmm, well I'm working on a car where packaging the springs is a bit tricky, I wonder if this is a solution?
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Greg Locock
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RE: peugeot 306 rear suspension
The photo is not clear, but others seem to see what I saw. It seems unnecessarily complex vs the systems used on later model air cooled VWs and the GM "J" car platform in the late 80s early 90s. I think the "J" car was a Vaxhall Cavalier in the UK and a Holden Camira here.
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Pat
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RE: peugeot 306 rear suspension
Best regards
René le Grand
www.bourgest.com
RE: peugeot 306 rear suspension
Shocker motion ratio about 1:1 with the wheel.
A straight forward trailing arm much like a cross between an air cooled VW and an Austin 1800.
Lateral location looks a bit flimsy, but then it also did on the 1800 and they rode and handled well.
Regards
Pat
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