rear wheels rubbing or arch 106 peugeot

youngad

Hi,

Please can someone help, i have a 1.1 106 and the tyres are rubbing on the wheel arch at the rear on both sides on the outside of tyre causing paint damage to the body and wear of the tyres.

Now, it only happens when i have more than 1 person travelling in the back. it is fine when i am driving alone, and fine when i have someone in the front seat.

I have checked the wheels/tyres with a garage who advised they are the correct size. it has to be something to do with load bearing. please help as i am not able to carry luggage or passengers at the moment :-(

Thank you all,

Adam.

youngad

Sorrh i meant ON ARCH not or arch lol... blimming smart phones. :-)

Mr_Toad

youngad wrote: »

Hi,

Please can someone help, i have a 1.1 106 and the tyres are rubbing on the wheel arch at the rear on both sides on the outside of tyre causing paint damage to the body and wear of the tyres.

Now, it only happens when i have more than 1 person travelling in the back. it is fine when i am driving alone, and fine when i have someone in the front seat.

I have checked the wheels/tyres with a garage who advised they are the correct size. it has to be something to do with load bearing. please help as i am not able to carry luggage or passengers at the moment :-(

Thank you all,

Adam.

How long have you had the car?

It sounds like a previous owner may have lowered the rear suspension by adjusting the torsion bar, quite popular on the 106 and Saxo and simple to do. Worth getting it checked properly.

youngad

Thanks for the reply, I have only had it for a month or so but it was owned by an older man since new so not sure he would have lowered it. its a fab car other wise with less than 70ks not bad for a 2001 car. do you know where i can get it check? Be better if somewhere did a free check :-) if it is lowered suspention. is it expensive to have it put back to normal?

Mr_Toad

Any garage should be able to check the ride height but an easier option is find another 106 and measure the gap between the top of the tyre and the wheel arch and compare to yours. If it's as bad as you say you can probably see the difference when you look at another 106 compared to yours.

It may be that the torsion bar is damaged.

I have no idea what your mechanical skills are but all you need is a few basic tools and you could do it yourself. The bolts are probably Torx.

youngad

Rather basic to be honest. do you know roughly the cost of highing suspention at a garage?

mikey72

From it's history of just one owner, it probably isn't lowered. More likely the torsion bar is weak, and needs changing.

Try bouncing each side up and down, and see how hard it is, or if each side is different.

youngad

I tried bouncing it and it was quite hard to bounce. each side was the same.

Strider590

masonn wrote: »

How long have you had the car?

It sounds like a previous owner may have lowered the rear suspension by adjusting the torsion bar, quite popular on the 106 and Saxo and simple to do. Worth getting it checked properly.

Not simple to do correctly, most of the time it's done the quick way, by adjusting the one side (it then kinda levels out), but this is the wrong technique!!!! It should be done with both wheels removed and adjusted on both sides by placing axle stands under the car and trolley jacks under the rear trailing arms, then loosening the torsion beam, jacking both sides upwards and then re-tightening everything at the new height.

It's not simple if you do it the correct way.

Mr_Toad

Strider590 wrote: »

Not simple to do correctly, most of the time it's done the quick way, by adjusting the one side (it then kinda levels out), but this is the wrong technique!!!! It should be done with both wheels removed and adjusted on both sides by placing axle stands under the car and trolley jacks under the rear trailing arms, then loosening the torsion beam, jacking both sides upwards and then re-tightening everything at the new height.

It's not simple if you do it the correct way.

Agreed. I have access to all the kit and a garage with a pit at my parents and forget that most people only have the jack that comes with the car.

Norman_Castle

Is it possible the rear torsion bar has been replaced with one that is slightly longer. 306 and ZX also have this suspension but may be different sizes. It's also possible the suspension is worn and spacers have been fitted to prevent them rubbing on the inside. Have you ever removed the rear wheels?.