Poxy Broken Springs

[Hammer67]

Not mine, some other buggers. Was doing about 10mph, felt it go flat, stopped and there was about half an inch of this protruding. Was virtually a new tyres as well.

[DrDeAtH]

Just what you need before Christmas.......

[Max M4X WW]

At least you can buy some decent tyres now.

[marmitemania]

That will either be off a Ford Fiesta (front) or a Vauxhall (rear). Thats the trouble with this old school technology like coil springs. We should all be on air by now surely?

[Gixer]

marmitemania said:

That will either be off a Ford Fiesta (front) or a Vauxhall (rear). Thats the trouble with this old school technology like coil springs. We should all be on air by now surely?

....or composite springs.

st luck though

[marmitemania]

Max M4X WW said:

At least you can buy some decent tyres now.

I wondered how long it would be before the above.

[Riley Blue]

Fiesta is what I thought too. O/H's Fiesta broke a spring in less than 35,000 miles thought Ford refused any liability for fitting springs little thicker than coiled wire.

[Hammer67]

Max M4X WW said:

At least you can buy some decent tyres now.

That's right "decent" tyres have not suffered the blow out because "decent" tyres are armour plated.

Of course had I opted for "decent" tyres I would now be £150 down instead of £70. Excellent advice, thanks.

Plus of course cheap tyres make it so much easier to do donuts around modded Fiestas in Macdonalds car parks.

[DrDeAtH]

Riley Blue said:

Fiesta is what I thought too. O/H's Fiesta broke a spring in less than 35,000 miles thought Ford refused any liability for fitting springs little thicker than coiled wire.

So what do you think coil springs are?

Coiled wire perchance?

[EvanWatson]

Hammer67 said:

That's right "decent" tyres have not suffered the blow out because "decent" tyres are armour plated.

Of course had I opted for "decent" tyres I would now be £150 down instead of £70. Excellent advice, thanks.

Plus of course cheap tyres make it so much easier to do donuts around modded Fiestas in Macdonalds car parks.

Sure when you are on the "limit" on route to tesco's a set of conti sports could be vital

In fairness, I had a set of Jackie Chan's on my car once. Were pretty poor compared to the part worn Dunlops than replaced them.

Edited by EvanWatson on Sunday 22 December 18:44

[lbc]

marmitemania said:

We should all be on air by now surely?

No we should not, springs are better, because air pumps and bags suspension fail more often and are more costly than a £30 spring.

[talksthetorque]

But you don't get a puncture driving over half a broken airbag

[NateWM]

I knew from looking at the wheels that it was a 300ZX, wearing the 5-spokes that are slightly akin to the "throwing stars" available on certain E34 BMW M5's...I should really get out more.

[lbc]

talksthetorque said:

But you don't get a puncture driving over half a broken airbag

I have had springs break on two cars, and neither resulted in a puncture or tyre damage of any kind.

In both cases the breakage was near the bottom strut mount point.

Maybe I was lucky?

[Hammer67]

lbc said:

I have had springs break on two cars, and neither resulted in a puncture or tyre damage of any kind.

In both cases the breakage was near the bottom strut mount point.

Maybe I was lucky?

Wasn`t my spring old son, just happened to drive over it and somehow it speared through the sidewall.

[jimtech]

i have seen springs on a laguna 2 break , go over the bottom of the strut,bent the anti roll bar link, puncture the tyre and damage the rim. hope this cheers you up!

[Andyjc86]

I see this sort of thing quiet regularly, fixing one tomorrow in fact on a Xsara Picasso.

You have to be the unlucky type of individual to have the snapped section go through the tyre. The OP must be even more unlucky to pick up the remains off the road!!!

[morgrp]

lbc said:

No we should not, springs are better, because air pumps and bags suspension fail more often and are more costly than a £30 spring.

Exactly and if you don't want your springs to snap don't buy cheapo component shod rust bucket fords or vauxhalls

[sjj84]

morgrp said:

Exactly and if you don't want your springs to snap don't buy cheapo component shod rust bucket fords or vauxhalls

Better add Audi and BMW to your list too the.

[BorkFactor]

morgrp said:

Exactly and if you don't want your springs to snap don't buy cheapo component shod rust bucket fords or vauxhalls

Running a cheap car (like many of us on here do) I would rather a cheap fix rather than forking out vast sums of money to fix broken air suspension.

Never had any trouble with springs, I will stick to them for now thanks.

Oh, and I quite like my Vauxhall