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Front strut repair kit

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My BX R/H front strut is noisy, causing a stiffer ride on the front. I want peace of mine so been looking around for the repair kit but can't seem to find any on sale. Anyone know where I can obtain the repair kit?

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Post by JayW »

They are very definitely NLA and have been for some time although Plaiedies still re-con them so there must be suppliers for the individual components out there...
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Post by Steve »

Thanks for your reply. Problem is I'm in Malaysia. We don't get reconditioned struts here. I guess I have live secondhand struts for now. New struts sure will cost a bit
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I'd be equally surprised if you can find NEW ones anywhere in the world!

Over here they're the Holy Grail of BX spares, I myself sold a pair earlier this year and they made nearly £500 (the same as the value of the average car over here)...
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New ones are still available from Citroen last week when I was at the Stealer here in Germany. A mere €650 each! :shock:
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a company in Lithuania is overhauling XM strut tops - posts on both XM forums about it. Is there a reason why they cannot do BX ones?
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Does anyone know exactly happens when they recon the struts??
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I have a repair kit here in my hand right now. It's number (although a bit mucky) seems to be 95 650 841.

I understand that there were 2 different kits required to do a full rebuild.

P.S. don't ask me why the forum thing thinks the part number is a phone number :roll:
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Ken what does the kit consist of?
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I'll open it and post a pic tomorrow :)
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ken newbold wrote:I have a repair kit here in my hand right now. It's number (although a bit mucky) seems to be 95 650 841.

I understand that there were 2 different kits required to do a full rebuild.
Shouldn't it be -941, not -841? http://rmattila.com/images/remontit/bx_ ... mg029.jpeg

Kit 7: 95 597 221, consists of parts F-G-H,
Kit 8: 95 650 941, consists of parts A-B-C-D-E-K-L-M-N

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As you can see, the label is a bit mucky, but here are the contents of the kit. It owes me £5 if anyone wants it, plus postage.


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I assume these kits are no longer available from citroen?????
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