Bump stops need replacing

Huxley309 wrote:and a pair of bump stops, got one but i for the life of me couldn't see where it went,

Front are inside the black plastic strut protector and the Rears are clipped on to the rear body shell.

Rear bump stop missing:
The white circle is where it should be. (arrowed)


Front bump stops are inside the black concertinaed strut protector

Exploded view of the front suspension strut parts on a Citroen C3 (needs to have part numbers and names added at some point)

Huxley309 wrote:I think i'll stop buying my parts from ebay and just head for my local ecp, least i can send it back if they get it wrong.

You can find ECP on their official eBay store which is useful to compare prices

Thought that was them mot tester must have blind, as he gave me an advisory for one missing rear bump stop when both are in place.

I know the fronts are fine, as i replaced the shocks, springs and brake lines a few months back.

I'm slowly going through the whole car, as being 2003 means most parts are original and due for replacement.

What's the rear springs and shocks like for replacing, got mine coming up so may as well find out what it's like.
I'll be buying a proper horseshoe compressor for this, as the impact gun will make it a sight easier.

Huxley309 wrote:Thought that was them mot tester must have blind, as he gave me an advisory for one missing rear bump stop when both are in place.

I just want to be clear that the image of the missing bump stop above is actually missing its bump stop

I don't have a picture of the bump stop in place to hand, but this is the bump stop that should be attached to where the arrow points
Often in white, but now found in a black material too. Pick them up cheap enough on ebay.

Huxley309 wrote:What's the rear springs and shocks like for replacing, got mine coming up so may as well find out what it's like.
I'll be buying a proper horseshoe compressor for this, as the impact gun will make it a sight easier.

Much easier than the fronts, the springs are easy as they are only under a slight compression with the rear wheel off the ground and the dampers are only difficult because the lower nut and bolt can be seized. Having an impact gun should make light work of the lower fixing. You are not going to need any super spring compressor for the rears, unlike the fronts.

Oh right that's good to know so no bearings or bushes for the springs i take it?

Yeah seems i'm missing both bump stops, the list seems never ending.

Oh and either my tracking is now out, or my tyres need balancing.

Got two goodyear efficientgrip performance being fitted saturday, but the tracking will have to wait a couple weeks which is a shame as it wobbles like a bugger when i hit 45 odd.
But me wallets taking a hammering, couple weeks should be fine i'd have thought.

Huxley309 wrote:Oh right that's good to know so no bearings or bushes for the springs i take it?

The rear spring can be removed without removing the rear damper as they are separate parts, unlike the front units.

There are 2 bushes, one top and one bottom which are part of the strut damper and are part of the replacement unit. Nice and simple.

Huxley309 wrote:Got two goodyear efficientgrip performance being fitted saturday,

They should balance the wheels when fitting new tyres so your wobble should disappear.

Huxley309 wrote:wobbles like a bugger when i hit 45 odd.

Wobble at speed is usually a balancing problem. Uneven wear is usually a tracking problem.

Arfur Dent wrote: The rear spring can be removed without removing the rear damper as they are separate parts, unlike the front units.

There are 2 bushes, one top and one bottom which are part of the strut damper and are part of the replacement unit. Nice and simple.

rear-damper-citroen-c3.JPG

They should balance the wheels when fitting new tyres so your wobble should disappear.

Wobble at speed is usually a balancing problem. Uneven wear is usually a tracking problem.

As so just like pugs of old with the torsion bar setup, nice and simple eh, famous last words.
Had a feeling balancing was the problem, i might have switched what side the tyres were on and the have both gone on one side a fair bit, so i'll have the tracking done asap.

Thanks for all the help, been a hectic few days figuring all this out.