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21st January 2019, 08:02 | #1 |
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springs,wait until they snap or buy spares
Front and rear suspension springs. Do I wait until they snap and then buy replacements or buy spares now?
Towing a caravan puts extra stress on the rear springs. How likely are front and rear springs to snap? Is that a "How long is a piece of string ?" question? macafee2 |
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You never know do you. My 2.5 went in for MOT and service last year and everything was fine. I asked them to check everything because my grandchildren go in the car quite a lot and i also tow the caravan on it. A few weeks after that it went to have couple of little jobs done. I had a phone call to say you need to look at this. The front off side spring had snapped in half. So you never know
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Always nice to be prepared if you can afford to have stuff sat around that you may/may not need and you are prepared to take a hit on the price if you eventually sell.
I would wait for when there are special offers on, Recently I and others manged to purchase a pair of OEM rear springs for a saloon from Rimmers for under £60 delivered.
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No harm in keeping a set on the shelf, especially if you haven't changed the springs before and don't know when they were last changed. Also this time of the year is more common for springs to snap.
My dad has just had a rear one snap in one place, so will need to replace that now. |
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I know there is considerable debate about the springs on here, in my view they are more prone to breaking than others. I base this on the fact that in all my years driving I've only ever had two break both on the 75.
One thing i would add is that many garages are refusing to fit parts not supplied by them so unless you can do it yourself, carrying spares may not help. |
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I wouldn't bother, if you were to keep spares just in case someone would have rooms full of spares.
I'm not aware of a shortage of them, so just wait until they go. |
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