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18th March 2021, 09:41 | #61 |
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I'm pretty sure fellow member norfie can answer any query about tyre protectors and how well they work. He was part of the development team that designed and field tested them at MGR. For example see this thread esp Post 4: https://www.the75andztclub.co.uk/for...ad.php?t=99965
For what they cost (about a fiver originally) fitting tyre protectors is a no brainer IMO. TC |
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I've warned members that there are 'genuine' replacement dampers out there that have apparently been re-tooled and will NOT accept the MGR protector kit; it's a subtle design change and if you have replacement dampers already fitted you will soon know if you attempt retrofit protectors. The safety aspects that were raised when this problem surfaced in 2003(?) and the fact that the then OEM took recall action suggests real liability issues existed. I'm not sure if MGR started fitting protector kits on the production line but under normal circumstances the quick fix recall/field modification would have been designed out ie the strut lower spring plate would probably have incorporated a retaining feature (an upturned flange...?) by the manufacturer (Delphi I think but there could have been other suppliers). It's unfortunate that in 2005 MGR went bust so I guess it got 'overlooked' unless someone on here (for sure) knows differently. Early days SIAC should have continued to either fit kits or introduced a modified damper - it's a dangerous design fault! Anyone out there know more to the contrary? Whatever, new (China?) factory dampers (using modified tooling..?) appear to still have the same design 'fault' after 15 years but as yet no retro kit (not even a warning) available. In this case are they selling dangerous products? Not knowing is one thing, knowing but doing nothing about it is entirely different. All I'm suggesting is buyer beware |
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The technical note I saw was just covering 75 saloons of a limited band of serial numbers, almost as if the defect was sentenced as as a spring quality fault for a batch, rather than a design fault. I don’t know if there were other tech notes for other models/ ser. nos.
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Here's a photograph from the link posted by pab: As you can see, tyre protectors were fitted but they didn't contain the fractured end. That's exactly what happened on my car without tyre protectors. It would appear that the only reliable solution is to change the springs for the current genuine parts which (for my car) are made by Suplex. Simon
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Regardless, a spring failure combined with a tyre breach at speed is bad news all round and with the historical background I described in an earlier post it's a dodgy legal position in the event of death(s) |
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18th March 2021, 19:39 | #67 |
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Always better fitted than not is my opinion, at least it gives you a chance of not having to fork out for a new tyre, and may save you going into a ditch or off the road, whereas without them fitted you don't have that chance.
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