Snapped rear spring on 1.2 16v?

[c__w]

I've just had an MOT done on my car (52-reg) and one of the rear coils has snapped near the bottom. It hasn't affected the ride height but was obviously an MOT failure due to this. Is this a common problem?

If anyone (pref. North West/Manchester area) has standard springs lying about because they've lowered their phase 2 1.2 16v let me know. Normally this would be an excuse to buy a set of lowering springs but I don't want to change the springs and would like to stick to standard for now.

 

[The Boosh!]

i have a brand new rear spring in the garage (Sheffield) as mine also snapped and was replaced with a new one at the cost of 40 quid! You can have it fer a tenner if you collect

 

[Josh@Renparts]

I've just had an MOT done on my car (52-reg) and one of the rear coils has snapped near the bottom. It hasn't affected the ride height but was obviously an MOT failure due to this. Is this a common problem?

If anyone (pref. North West/Manchester area) has standard springs lying about because they've lowered their phase 2 1.2 16v let me know. Normally this would be an excuse to buy a set of lowering springs but I don't want to change the springs and would like to stick to standard for now.

We do them £15 each + Delivery, Discount for 2.
regards
josh

 

[c__w]

i have a brand new rear spring in the garage (Sheffield) as mine also snapped and was replaced with a new one at the cost of 40 quid! You can have it fer a tenner if you collect

Hi, that sounds perfect, whereabouts in Sheffield are you? I assume it will be the right spring for the car (did the different base models share springs or as some different?).

 

[ben lee]

on mine i had all 4 broken great excuise to lower it.
also fail quite a few clios on snaped springs recently on there mots.

 

[Ben.]

i had the exact same, got one offf ebay for £1.99 ....sorted

 

[Jaff]

ive got two in my bedroom all boxed up, all i'm looking for is the postage which is £9.50, both came off the same car a 53 plate dynamique.

 

[koi]

got a set of springs of my dynamique lying in my room, yours if you cover postage

 

[The Boosh!]

May be easyer to go for the ones above dude instead of meeting me

 

[Chris_H]

very common when I was testing 1 out of every 2 clio 2's that came in had at least 1 snapped rear spring.

Savign grace is how easy it is to change, you don't even need to take the wheel off, less than 2 minutes especially with an air gun

 

[c__w]

very common when I was testing 1 out of every 2 clio 2's that came in had at least 1 snapped rear spring.

Savign grace is how easy it is to change, you don't even need to take the wheel off, less than 2 minutes especially with an air gun

Is it just a case of disconnecting the lower damper bolt and droping the arm to remove?

 

[Chris_H]

undo lower damper bolt jack the car up slightly so the spring will pull out. I leave the wheel on and do it on the ground unless its on the ramp for other work.