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True. My sons corsa had the same problem only a month back, spring completely fubared. Heath and Robinson came round and installed a wooden block under the remains of the spring to get it to the garage. Both front springs replaced.
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2nd April 2021, 10:18 | #13 | |
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Tyre was ripped to shreds Unfortunately I can't remember whether he had tyre protectors fitted or not. My own only experience of a spring going was when my large American Rugby playing friend jumped into the passenger seat of my previous 75 and there was a loud crack like a rifle shot I knew exactly what it was from the description of others on here. Fortunately I'd had tyre protectors fitted immediately after hearing of my associates story and although I hadn't been moving at the time I was able to carefully drive the 20 miles home without incident. Last edited by bendrick; 2nd April 2021 at 10:28.. |
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2nd April 2021, 13:29 | #15 | |
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This thread has been valuable as it has shown that the 75's springs can break when the car is in motion despite earlier reports indicating that it was always when first moving away from rest. It's also good to know that, both at 30 mph and 70 mph, the drivers were able to maintain control of the car and come safely to a standstill without collision or injury even though in both cases the tyres were damaged. Simon
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2nd April 2021, 14:39 | #17 |
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I've just finished changing a VW Tiguan front spring , 12 year old car. Luckily spring dropped back into the cup after hitting a pothole .
Certainly no easier to do than the Rover and a VW weakness is the captive nuts on the top mount breakaway . The thread is underneath the arch in the weather rather than under the bonnet as on the rover ! Trouble is with any car, fatigue and corrosion of springs as they age make breakage more frequent, and spring design seems to dictate if the broken springs shred the tyres or not ! |
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Hi, only this weekend I had the second spring break. The first was as the back end of 2019; just moving down the drive, the nearside spring and it sliced the tyre.
So I fitted a new tyre, a pair of springs and tyre protectors. Second was this Saturday (Easter weekend) I haven't used the car for nearly 12mths (covid & getting a ZT) reversed it out from where it was parked and the offside spring went, no tyre damage as it broke higher up than the protector. So just over 12mths old and less than 1.5k miles and Rimmers don't stock the ones I need.... Anyone know where I can get springs with codes PF & JF..?
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Send an e-mail direct to X-Part or try a phone call, the number's still 0116 296 7888 despite the move to Birmingham. Obviously they have access to the official parts guide and you can buy genuine parts directly from them. That's what I did. The service was excellent and actually cheaper than a well known national parts retailer! Simon
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8th April 2021, 09:15 | #20 |
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Luckily I had tyre protectors fitted in the official recall, so although had a few springs snap in the years I have had the car, I have had no damaged tyres.
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