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patrolman pete · 8th January 2020, 20:11

I found a broken front spring on the tourer a couple of months ago and it must have been broken for a while but thanks to the tyre protectors no damage had been done whilst we drove around in ignorance. I immediately got the car into the garage for repair

When I bought my connie a couple of years ago the first thing I bought were the protectors. I was about to go for a drive when the parcel arrived so I thought that for the time it takes to fit ,I'll put them straight on. I jacked up the nearside first and the bottom of the spring was sitting on the tyre after breaking during the night so that was lucky. Fortunately I had a spare strut with a good spring to swap over.

Having experienced a broken front spring taking out a tyre at 50 mph I wouldn't want to have the same thing happen again.

8th January 2020, 20:11	#8
patrolman pete Posted a thing or two Rover 75 club se tourer CDT and a Connoisseur SE Diesel Auto Saloon Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Houghton - le - Spring Posts: 1,418 Thanks: 618 Thanked 333 Times in 197 Posts	I found a broken front spring on the tourer a couple of months ago and it must have been broken for a while but thanks to the tyre protectors no damage had been done whilst we drove around in ignorance. I immediately got the car into the garage for repair When I bought my connie a couple of years ago the first thing I bought were the protectors. I was about to go for a drive when the parcel arrived so I thought that for the time it takes to fit ,I'll put them straight on. I jacked up the nearside first and the bottom of the spring was sitting on the tyre after breaking during the night so that was lucky. Fortunately I had a spare strut with a good spring to swap over. Having experienced a broken front spring taking out a tyre at 50 mph I wouldn't want to have the same thing happen again.