Broken Springs, All makes of Cars
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From: Dave Plowman (News) on 2 Feb 2010 05:53 In article <HAI9n.173576$At4.153675(a)newsfe04.ams2>, tic <notmdeackes(a)blueyonder.co.uk> wrote: > Hi To All Is it just me, I have never known so many road springs to > break. On All makes of Cars. This year I have replaced 7 ,Last year 27, > 5 years ago ZERO. I know we all say pot holes but is that the answer to > the spring breaking or is it more material's mike d My brother suffers from this on his various BMWs over the years - but usually rear ones and he tows a caravan. -- *Show me a piano falling down a mine shaft and I'll show you A-flat miner* Dave Plowman dave(a)davenoise.co.uk London SW To e-mail, change noise into sound.
From: Gordon H on 2 Feb 2010 07:09 In message <3pufm5phj9ke44e7vpat59i96t1idfvg1c(a)4ax.com>, Usenet Nutter <individualnet(a)takeoutmyteethgmail.com> writes >On Mon, 1 Feb 2010 23:02:30 +0000, Gordon H ><Gordon_News(a)g3snx.demon.co.uk.invalid> wrote: > >>After the second front coil spring was discovered broken in about 18 >>months on my Mk 2 Mondeo I asked in disbelief to see it in the workshop, >>as the handling seemed ok. It was broken near the top. >> >>I asked the service guys (the ones in overalls) if they thought speed >>bumps could be a cause, and they shrugged and said "Wear and tear". > >I'm sure I read in Mondeo Forums that the Mk2 was well known for >breaking springs .Over the last three MOT's my Mk2 has had springs >replaced on at least two times and ,same as you,I was not aware of it >. Over the years I have had many cars ,Avengers,Sunbeams,Sceptre,etc >etc and I did not have one broken spring on any of them. My last experience of a broken spring was on my dad's 1936 Morris 8, which he had overloaded with a home made "boot" box on the rear, to take us from Manchester to Poole on holiday around 1948. Hit a verge somewhere in the Midlands and a leaf broke on the NS rear. He was fortunate that the friends we were staying with new a repair shop which fitted a new leaf. -- Gordon H Remove "invalid" to reply
From: Dave Plowman (News) on 2 Feb 2010 09:38 In article <+RVOYKQjXBaLFwwj(a)g3snx.demon.co.uk>, Gordon H <Gordon_News(a)g3snx.demon.co.uk.invalid> wrote: > My last experience of a broken spring was on my dad's 1936 Morris 8, > which he had overloaded with a home made "boot" box on the rear, to take > us from Manchester to Poole on holiday around 1948. > Hit a verge somewhere in the Midlands and a leaf broke on the NS rear. > He was fortunate that the friends we were staying with new a repair shop > which fitted a new leaf. In those days leaf springs could be repaired by any blacksmith. Who would also re-set them to the correct height. I dunno if coil springs could be repaired - but it's cheaper just to replace them anyway. -- *There's no place like www.home.com * Dave Plowman dave(a)davenoise.co.uk London SW To e-mail, change noise into sound.
From: Conor on 2 Feb 2010 10:56 In article <HAI9n.173576$At4.153675(a)newsfe04.ams2>, tic says... > > Hi To All > Is it just me, I have never known so many road springs to break. On All > makes of Cars. > This year I have replaced 7 ,Last year 27, 5 years ago ZERO. > I know we all say pot holes but is that the answer to the spring breaking or > is it more material's > mike d Fucked roads. The pothole reports I file on a regular basis are now: Location: Starts at Driffield, finishes at Bridlington. The A614 on East Yorks is so bad that a recent test showed that if the driver was working for a company and experiencing the levels of impact and vibration similar to driving down that road that the company would be breaking H&S rules. Recent council pothole repairs have merely served to turn a 2" deep hole into a 2" high lump. -- Conor I'm not prejudiced. I hate everybody equally.
From: Willy Eckerslyke on 2 Feb 2010 11:07
Conor wrote: > The A614 on East Yorks is so bad that a recent test showed that if the > driver was working for a company and experiencing the levels of impact > and vibration similar to driving down that road that the company would > be breaking H&S rules. Does said company set a minimum speed limit for their drivers then? |