Front nearside damper sudden fail.

edwardmk · 27th December 2020, 21:07

I had the fatal thought the V8 was doing rather well. On her original suspension with no problems.....until last week when something gave and then an ominous scraping noise from the front.
Finally got a chance to take a look today and the lower spring support shelf on the nearside damper had failed with the rubber corrugated boot split wide open. Rather glad I didn't limp anywhere or the tyre would have been wrecked! Checked the price on Rimmers ( yikes!) Found lower on the Two-Sixties but delivery in March (which is too late) . My search on DMGRS didn't find a V8 damper. Looks like it's going to cost to do it right
I'm thinking I should do both dampers on the front at the same time. The springs and top mounts look OK, but they're also 15 years old, so should I add two new springs, new top mounts etc and bump up the price by another £320 or risk re-fitting the old parts?
I've never tackled suspension, but I'm game with the right spring compressor and pointers. Looking for advice and guidance from those who've been there before.
Also, has anyone tried slightly softer or dual rate springs? Many thanks.

27th December 2020, 21:07	#1
edwardmk Gets stuck in MG ZT 260, Rover 75 Connie SE auto Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: Redruth Posts: 984 Thanks: 1,324 Thanked 399 Times in 271 Posts	Front nearside damper sudden fail. I had the fatal thought the V8 was doing rather well. On her original suspension with no problems.....until last week when something gave and then an ominous scraping noise from the front. Finally got a chance to take a look today and the lower spring support shelf on the nearside damper had failed with the rubber corrugated boot split wide open. Rather glad I didn't limp anywhere or the tyre would have been wrecked! Checked the price on Rimmers ( yikes!) Found lower on the Two-Sixties but delivery in March (which is too late) . My search on DMGRS didn't find a V8 damper. Looks like it's going to cost to do it right I'm thinking I should do both dampers on the front at the same time. The springs and top mounts look OK, but they're also 15 years old, so should I add two new springs, new top mounts etc and bump up the price by another £320 or risk re-fitting the old parts? I've never tackled suspension, but I'm game with the right spring compressor and pointers. Looking for advice and guidance from those who've been there before. Also, has anyone tried slightly softer or dual rate springs? Many thanks.