No drop links on my Clio? pic included...

[daddycool]

never seen a car without drop links, all i could find was this penis sized bush linking the anti-roll bar to what i assume is the lower wishbone. are these bushes the closest i'm gonna get to a drop link on a clio, and is it a good idea to swap these out if car is a little skittish on uneven road?


er, anyone know what this is in the second picture:

 

[Mark One]

it's a good setup IMO. No play in the drop links and no room for off-axis bending of the roll bar. The roll bar is linked directly to the wishbone.
Those bushes can be replaced with powerflex ones. I have a set spare if you feel the need. PM me if you want em

 

[TimR26]

Have you taken the arch liner out in the second pic because you shouldn't be able to see that pulley?

 

[daddycool]

good point. i haven't taken anything out, didn't cotton on it was missing either. something else to put on the list for my next trip to the scrappy. i see you're in hook, i'm just down the road in farnborough.

 

[daddycool]

thanks, i'll come back to you on the powerflex's. i think i need to do the clio lower gearbox mount first (see other recent thread)

 

[Russ_16v]

The 2nd pick is a small brace style bar, forget that.

As Markone said its a good setup, less movement than drop links

 

[TimR26]

good point. i haven't taken anything out, didn't cotton on it was missing either. something else to put on the list for my next trip to the scrappy. i see you're in hook, i'm just down the road in farnborough.

There's a flap on the front arch liner that attaches to bit you circled in that pic, 45 quid from Renault.

thanks, i'll come back to you on the powerflex's. i think i need to do the clio lower gearbox mount first (see other recent thread)

Wouldn't bother uprating the arb bushes. The powerflex dogbone mount bushes are 30 quid from Kam Racing.

 

[daddycool]

yeah i've seen that price at kam racing. good price. i was referring to this mount though directly under the gearbox. looks shafted but i can't find any pics of what it SHOULD look like.

 

[sideways danny]

they're better than the droplink setup on lower model clios which are a repetative MOT fail due to breaking

 

[Rob669]

Is that an ABS ring in the top pic, on a Cup 172 (is the car a Silver Cup, they came with ABS?)

 

[Budgie]

No need for drop links.

The second pic is a bracket to support the subframe and as explained it holds the archliner.

Also, the lower mount looks fine to me.

 

[Martin_172]

yeah i've seen that price at kam racing. good price. i was referring to this mount though directly under the gearbox. looks shafted but i can't find any pics of what it SHOULD look like.

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that mounts fine, doesnt get a lot of wear and tear as it doesnt move much.

 

[daddycool]

Is that an ABS ring in the top pic, on a Cup 172 (is the car a Silver Cup, they came with ABS?)

might be for a speed sensor. i know on the vectra the speedo works off the abs unit. its a blue cup.

 

[mark123]

My 172 cup just had ABS rings on the drive shafts and on the rear hubs from the factory. No ABS though obviously.