After the excitement of Easter Road , zed has been busy helping Ashley with the rear springs.
Whilst returning with zed from Biggar last week, we were stuck in a traffic jam when all of a sudden there was a slight crunch and ping from the rear offside. There was no discernible loss in ride performance but as we hadn't been run into by another car , Ashley immediately thought of the rear springs.
Once back in the garage he had a look and indeed the rear offside spring had fractured just after the first coil turn.
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One can see why often an owner does not know it has happened till the MOT. I will go into more technical detail elsewhere on the forum but here are some shots of zed "helping"
Checking the new spring v the fractured one............
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Checking the drain holes in the lower arm are OK before putting the new spring in .......
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Thanks to "marinabrian" for his fantastic method of spring removal.