Clunking front suspension, again.

spyder · 28th September 2019, 20:07

I tend to change components before they break, did the front rear bushes , droplinks and brake pads before MOT a few months ago. Although it passed with a rather fastidious MOT guy I use, there was still a clunking sound on gentle braking. Car up in the air and everything checked again.

About to put the wheel back and there it was another broken front spring, strangely towards the back and it stayed in place.

This is now the 4th car in 4 months that has needed a new spring, get costly when I always change them in pairs. Time to contact the council about our road now...

The Rover must be the more difficult of my cars to change front springs.
This time around I tried something different and cut my cheap spring compressors down by around 60mm. Worked a treat and they compressed the springs without hitting the top mounts.

Fortunately all the bolts came out with no issue whatsoever, with plenty of penetrating fluid before-hand and a rattle gun that is.

28th September 2019, 20:07	#1
spyder This is my second home 75 CDT Auto Tourer , Rover 45 , Astra, Zaffira, Chev Captiva Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Wilts Posts: 3,342 Thanks: 203 Thanked 436 Times in 360 Posts	Clunking front suspension, again. I tend to change components before they break, did the front rear bushes , droplinks and brake pads before MOT a few months ago. Although it passed with a rather fastidious MOT guy I use, there was still a clunking sound on gentle braking. Car up in the air and everything checked again. About to put the wheel back and there it was another broken front spring, strangely towards the back and it stayed in place. This is now the 4th car in 4 months that has needed a new spring, get costly when I always change them in pairs. Time to contact the council about our road now... The Rover must be the more difficult of my cars to change front springs. This time around I tried something different and cut my cheap spring compressors down by around 60mm. Worked a treat and they compressed the springs without hitting the top mounts. Fortunately all the bolts came out with no issue whatsoever, with plenty of penetrating fluid before-hand and a rattle gun that is. __________________ Chrome skull caps, EGR cleaned (original housing), Mondeo lower mounting, 12V outlets in the armrest and tourer boot, cat fixed, working FBH, Lidl plenum covers, DD with reverse camera.New speakesr/Tweeters with MDF rings. wood dash, Memory leather seats, wooden finished steering and handbrake, Xenon headlights.