Bear with me. This needs a bit of explaining.
On a 406, there is a large nut right at the end of the drive shaft which is visible if you remove the wheel trim. There is a hole drilled through the drive shaft, but the nut itself is not castellated. Instead, there is a steel pressing that fits over the nut. Finally, there is a pin which passes through the drive shaft hole and the pressing which prevents the nut from turning.
Recently, there was a "clinking" noise coming from the front offside wheel. When I removed the wheel trim, the stell pressing fell out. A quick look at the other side revealed that there ought to have been a pin holding it in place. As a temporary measure, I put in a split pin and got the correct pin from my Peugeot dealer (who initially tried to convince me that my paticular 406 definitely did not have such a pin).
I fitted the pin and, within a couple of days, it too has disappeared. I presume that both pins have broken somehow.
Any thoughts guys?
Thanks,
Raymond