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Originally Posted by Roverconfident
The holes must have served a different purpose, presumably as drain holes to prevent water puddling in the spring seat. If that is so, then fitting the protectors blocks the drain holes and will cause increased corrosion of the spring seat in the long run, as will the trapping of water between the spring seat and the protector. Is there any experience of this?
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It's possible that the lower hole may have been a drain hole, but the upper one seems to be on a raised section, so wouldn't be. Does anyone know if there is another hole on the opposite side of the strut?
I'm sure I remember reading somewhere that the problem was blamed on a bad batch of springs. If that was the case, surely the correct course of action would have been to replace the springs, rather than fit something which
may protect the tyre when the spring does eventually break.