broken spring - Page 4

bsafly · 29th April 2021, 07:04

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Originally Posted by SD1too

Hi Paul,

My OS also broke at the lowermost coil but the NS was at the very top. In both cases however the powder coating wasn't present at the site of the fracture.

Simon

I noticed that the powder coating was missing at the point of breakage on both my front springs (the n/s spring had most of it's powder coating missing), now have nice new shiny springs fitted all round.

Incidentally both my front springs broke in warm weather, actually when the o/s one broke it was in a heatwave.

Synchromesh · 29th April 2021, 10:05

I was driving down a hill on a country lane. At the bottom of the hill the road immediately started to climb up. I hit the dip at about 40 mph and there was a loud bang when a front spring broke. Tyre protectors were fitted and the tyre was undamaged.

JSS · 29th April 2021, 15:56

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Originally Posted by bsafly

Looks like your tyre protector did it's job as well,
both of our springs appear to have broken in the same place!

Yes, the tyre protectors really are worth the little price that they cost.
If I would not have been in the car, in the moment when the spring did snap, I would probably driven the car long time before noticing the failure.
As on the way back to home, there was no difference on how car feeled on the steering wheel.

alanaslan · 30th April 2021, 04:51

I have had protectors fitted to all the cars I owned, I have clocked up over 1,000,000 miles since my launch car. I have had 5 front springs fail, all of them failed at the bottom of the spring on the first coil. So apart from the noise when the unit failed, there was no change in the ride. 4 of the springs that failed have been Off side. over recent years I have had my springs made for the car at 20% up-rated and the offside one with a 140kg higher loading than the nearside. My rears have had 30% upgrade so that the extra 75kg on the tow ball does not cause the car to wallow. 90% of my mileage was done with only one person in the car either the wife or me. Both of us are big people hence the difference in loading side to side. Well worth the half hours work fitting the Rover recall item of spring protectors for a few pounds a side you save damage to a tyre costing anything from £45 to £110 depending on what you fit and where you get it from. Quick note The Gold tourer did not have its new protectors fitted when it had its new Munro struts fitted new owner please take note.

madeupname · 1st May 2021, 11:43

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Originally Posted by Lear

Surely a bit of preventative maintenance is in order. What is the cost of a pair of new springs? Is it a DIY job?
Only just got my ZT-T so I think I will do it
Cheers

I responded to this before getting toi the end of the thread. Info not needed so deleted

29th April 2021, 10:05	#32
Synchromesh Gets stuck in Rover 75 Saloon Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Preston Posts: 624 Thanks: 50 Thanked 44 Times in 32 Posts	I was driving down a hill on a country lane. At the bottom of the hill the road immediately started to climb up. I hit the dip at about 40 mph and there was a loud bang when a front spring broke. Tyre protectors were fitted and the tyre was undamaged.

30th April 2021, 04:51	#34
alanaslan Gets stuck in 75 Tourer Automatic conn, 75 Saloon Automatic Conn, The Monograme Spice Tourer Join Date: Jun 2014 Location: Johnstone Posts: 670 Thanks: 57 Thanked 231 Times in 151 Posts	I have had protectors fitted to all the cars I owned, I have clocked up over 1,000,000 miles since my launch car. I have had 5 front springs fail, all of them failed at the bottom of the spring on the first coil. So apart from the noise when the unit failed, there was no change in the ride. 4 of the springs that failed have been Off side. over recent years I have had my springs made for the car at 20% up-rated and the offside one with a 140kg higher loading than the nearside. My rears have had 30% upgrade so that the extra 75kg on the tow ball does not cause the car to wallow. 90% of my mileage was done with only one person in the car either the wife or me. Both of us are big people hence the difference in loading side to side. Well worth the half hours work fitting the Rover recall item of spring protectors for a few pounds a side you save damage to a tyre costing anything from £45 to £110 depending on what you fit and where you get it from. Quick note The Gold tourer did not have its new protectors fitted when it had its new Munro struts fitted new owner please take note.