306 Rear Beam Change

How to change your rear beam / axle on your 306 / xara etc. Simple job to do, and if upgrading to a gti beam can make for a much nicer car!

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[anthony342]

my hdi d turbo rear wheels are leaning inwards very bad .. one is nearly rubbing the liner ...

[darrenjlobb]

Ah, that will be your rear beam bearings shot, either get a rebuild kit, or tbh, just change the beam for another one!

[anthony342]

thats what i thought darren ..i love the car to much to get rid of it .. are the beams easy to find in good nic .

[darrenjlobb]

fairly, try your local breakers yard...

[beachuk2000]

2) it's a good idea to replace the bushes when doing it's cus i thorght mine were fine when i did mine and 1 was quite shit and now i've goto drop the beam again to change then :(

and lol to how ya roll over the beam, nice and gentle lol

[darrenjlobb]

Well if you check over the bushs, you can see if there knackered fairly easily, its a bit of an expense to replace them if there not gone. And as for the nuts, you could do this, but if u have it jacked proper, it shudnt fall down, like i said, un do them all till there almost off, then take them right off, then if anything slips it wont fall

[sgrb11]

Thanks for the vid!

Don't suppose you know if I can fit a rear beam with hubs to replace my HDI beam with discs?

[offcialmusicstephen]

what axle will fit a 1995 306 :)

[NiroRaythIIDaz]

Video is spot on i just bought a HDi with serious camber on one of the rear wheels so im changing the full rear beam but was told not to do it myself, what would you say a rear beam weighs?

[jirikoz]

lol :-X :-D :-D :-D

[jirikoz]

Lol :-X you arn"t mechanic :-D

[CODBASS]

Hi mate good vid I'm changing my brakes from drum to disks nd think by looking at this video I'll just change whole axel wt do I need to change like u said with the brake cabels

[sierraxr4icosie]

I found that u cant change the backing plate of the drum - (if ur new axle has a diffrent diameter drums, u cant change ur old brakes onto the new axle if diffrent ) I had to fork out for new brakes (shoes and cylenders), plus there is 2 diffrent sizes of cables for diffrend drums, i also had to replace them. Wasnt a bad job but it meant i had to pay extra for changing the size of my drums. Plus i had to swap over my load valve.

[devilllusa1990]

hi i want to know as if a bridge is in good condition back in bad shape oh

[DRSHANKER]

You should be sponserd by wd 40

[petey87uk]

ayup m8 .. u no u sed if ya drums stickin beat it with a hammer... 3 hours n no joy u got any tips??.... have u put the vid on that shows u how to adjust ya back brakes.. cheers 4 the vids m8 there a big help