SACHS DAMPERS REBUILDS

[Willowbank 37]

As Nick has highlighted, the dust boots originally fitted to the front Sachs dampers also importantly feature an integral bump-stop. I've personally never seen an aftermarket dust cover/ bump stop that is made to the same spec as this original item. Nick, myself and a few others have sourced the correct original Renault/Sachs part from Optimiz in France as Nick has linked to above, they are expensive granted, but they are the correct item and I wonder how many will be left available now.

Thanks, good advice. I have located the original bump stops from when I stripped the dampers down 18 months ago, however there are no dust gaitors hence must have destroyed themselves at some point in the distant past! Will order some, my list is getting longer than shorter!

 

[Patrick Bateman]

Would it be easy enough to secure the original gator to the damper with a cable tie in the same way the powerflex kit is designed?

Powerflex Universal Bump Stop and Cover Kit - Bumpstops - BS009K

Powerflex bushes improve your cars’ road holding and chassis performance by controlling the amount of unwanted flex in the suspension. They offer Prolonged tyre life, Improved performance, Increased safety, Greater cost-effectiveness.

powerflexstore.co.uk

Not sure how effective a 'loose' gator is.

 

[Willowbank 37]

Mine below that are fitted with the above original ones -



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Quick question Nick, did you get pinged for import duty when getting stuff from France? Optimiz also have rear shock top mounts (not OEM, Powerflex) for less than 50 euro, cant get them for less than £70 here. Anyone know of any OEM stock (or anyone have any spares??

 

[NickReilly063]

No nothing other than the price advertised and postage.

 

[Patrick Bateman]

Would it be easy enough to secure the original gator to the damper with a cable tie in the same way the powerflex kit is designed?

Powerflex Universal Bump Stop and Cover Kit - Bumpstops - BS009K

Powerflex bushes improve your cars’ road holding and chassis performance by controlling the amount of unwanted flex in the suspension. They offer Prolonged tyre life, Improved performance, Increased safety, Greater cost-effectiveness.

powerflexstore.co.uk

Not sure how effective a 'loose' gator is.

Anyone?

 

[hoolio]

Just arrived. I’m pretty amazed how quick that was, with my very rudimentary schoolboy French, I wasn’t even sure I had ordered them correctly.
Now to find some other interesting bits.

 

[marrow]

So these covers with the bump stop tops were £300?!

 

[hoolio]

So these covers with the bump stop tops were £300?!

What the OE from France? No.

With carriage I paid a little over £90 iirc which as they are original and made for purpose compares pretty favourably with the £50+ for the Powerflex version.

 

[marrow]

my confusion, I guess £90ish doesn’t seem too bad.
do you need them now or just future proofing?

 

[hoolio]

I have one good and one not so great set and getting them whist I can, I have snoozed whilst loads of other parts have become unavailable. I now have enough to cover my spare sets of dampers.

 

[Rob Vox]

Hey Rob, so these fit the front Sachs dampers? Mine didn't have any when I took them off but now they are pristine would like to protect the shafts! Any pictures with them fitted? Thanks.

Yes they did, I swapped the bump stops from the original which is a 2 min job for both as the fitting is good. They are slightly longer than the originals and can hold onto the body of the damper which I think is slightly better than original as covers the shaft top and bottom. I dont have a pic which shows this I am aftraid.

 

[Gordon]

Soufflet et butée amortisseur Sachs Clio 2 RS

Retrouvez tout pour l'entretien, la préparation et l'optimisation sur www.optimiz-access.fr Spécialiste pieces Renault Sport Alpine et RS PERFORMANCE

www.optimiz-access.fr

Original ones if all else fails, I got some to fit to mine - not cheap and come from France.

Lovely job. Great find. I just ordered a pair.

Hopefully they'll sneak into the UK without import taxes, as I asked them to mark them as 'samples'. Let's see.

All I require now is some top mounts and I'll build up my second set of Sachs as pictured by Nick.

I can't recall if the group buy Eibach springs came with the clear sheathing for the spring cup fitted or not.

Should anyone be interested, also worth a purchase are the wee transparent rubber/poly caps that can be fitted to the adjusters. They are actually a stop button cover for a machine, but serve the perfect purpose of keeping muck out of the adjusters.

I think it was @RikPerry that originally posted the link. They can be ordered from RS Components, the industrial electrical factors. I have the part number somewhere...

 

[Patrick Bateman]

If you can find it that would be handy please.

I take it nobody hears from Rik any more?

 

[Big Dave]

I think Rick still visits occasionally, but he has moved on to other things...

 

[MarcB]

If you can find it that would be handy please.

I take it nobody hears from Rik any more?

@Patrick Bateman Here is what you need. Im not sure they have a lot of stock.

Sachs adjuster protection

Received mine today, they fit very nicely.

cliotrophy.co.uk

ZBP0 | Schneider Electric Clear Push Button Cap for Use with XB4 Series, XB5 Series | RS

uk.rs-online.com

 

[marrow]

Just checked the RS website, they have 600+ but being a tightwad am reluctant to pay £6.95 for delivery.

 

[NickReilly063]

I’ll order some for mine tomorrow - does anyone else want some and I’ll send them out to you when they arrive

Let me know Chaps

Marc - do they just push on ???

 

[MarcB]

I’ll order some for mine tomorrow - does anyone else want some and I’ll send them out to you when they arrive

Let me know Chaps

Marc - do they just push on ???

Yeah they are rubber and just pop on, To make it easier and to repel any moister or water you could spray then lightly with WD40 or a silicon lubricant

 

[MarcB]

Here is a picture of mine on spare set.

 

[AlexRae]

After purchasing #142 im looking to sort out the dampers with BG Motorsport but they can’t take the car and require these removed and sent to them which causes me some problems being all the way down in Suffolk - in this instance it leaves me a bit stuck. Do we have any members that have multiple sets/spares up for sale?