Saggy spring?

skinjim

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So I went over a level crossing today, at a sensible speed, and there was an almighty bang from the rear as my tyres smacked into my wheel arches. That's never happened before, so I looked when I got home and it looks like someone has lowered my car for me, but only the driver's side at the rear. It's definitely about 2 or 3cm lower than the other side. Spring issue do we think?

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skinjim

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MaximG said:
Broken spring?
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Possibly, it was pretty dark when I got home so I couldn't see. I'd have thought it would have felt more obviously broken? Apart from the thunk as it went over the level crossing it didn't feel noticeably different...

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AliK

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skinjim said:
So I went over a level crossing today, at a sensible speed, and there was an almighty bang from the rear as my tyres smacked into my wheel arches. That's never happened before, so I looked when I got home and it looks like someone has lowered my car for me, but only the driver's side at the rear. It's definitely about 2 or 3cm lower than the other side. Spring issue do we think?

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That must have been unnerving!!

Has it always looked lower in that corner or was it after the bump?

There is a rubber spacer about 2-3cm in height above the spring hat and the thing with the 3 studs that bolts on the shock to the chassis - could yours be missing it? Could it have perished? But then you would be hearing a clonking noise. You have to jack it up and have a good look.
 
skinjim

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AliK said:
That must have been unnerving!!

Has it always looked lower in that corner or was it after the bump?

There is a rubber spacer about 2-3cm in height above the spring hat and the thing with the 3 studs that bolts on the shock to the chassis - could yours be missing it? Could it have perished? But then you would be hearing a clonking noise. You have to jack it up and have a good look.
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I can't remember! I've checked some photos I took last year and it's definitely not lower in those, but I can't honestly say whether it was lower yesterday or not. Although the fact that it's not lower in the photos would suggest that the spacer is probably in there.

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skinjim

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Wonderful, I've had two whole weeks of quality motoring since the last thing that broke got mended. So are there any options for springs beside the Eibach jobbies? I really don't think I can afford to shell out for coilovers at the moment [emoji853]

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jonbills

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my springs are from Springcoil ltd.
if they're still around, I'm sure you could send them your other spring and ask for a matching pair. or a bit lower or whatever you want.
 
skinjim

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jonbills said:
That's them. They were very helpful, didn't charge much for adjustments when I got my specs wrong.
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That's great, thanks! Are the springs the same front and back? Meaning, could I send them a rear spring and say 'I'd like four of those please'?

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skinjim

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@AliK I noticed in another thread that you're using the Koni adjustables from MSA, what springs are you using with those?

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skinjim said:
That's great, thanks! Are the springs the same front and back? Meaning, could I send them a rear spring and say 'I'd like four of those please'?

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no, 'fraid not. Different lengths and rates.
 
AliK

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skinjim said:
@AliK I noticed in another thread that you're using the Koni adjustables from MSA, what springs are you using with those?

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I believe they are the late Mr F lowering springs with 1 coil less than the stock coils. The PO put them on so I can’t be too sure - but I really like the car’s ride height and spring rates, so I kept them.
 
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AliK

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MaximG said:
What would be the stock U.K. spring specification for the 240/260
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I tried to find this info many times but to no avail. I think @Albrecht once said on another thread that it is a bit of a minefield due to so many variations. I would be glad to be corrected if someone has this data somewhere.

One thing is for sure, a lot of people fit US spec springs as a lot of the data out there is US biased - e.g. Haynes manuals etc.
 
AliK

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skinjim said:
Have you seen this? There's a hell of a lot of information here, some of it must be relevant!

https://www.jdmjunkies.ch/wordpress...mate-guide-to-factory-suspension-and-options/

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Great resource indeed Jim - someone went to a lot of trouble to put that lot together. I don’t know how accurate it is or isn’t, however this table looks useful from that page ....

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PDF version here ...

https://www.jdmjunkies.ch/wordpress...springs-and-options-by-www.JDMjunkies.ch_.pdf
 
skinjim

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AliK said:
Great resource indeed Jim - someone went to a lot of trouble to put that lot together. I don’t know how accurate it is or isn’t, however this table looks useful from that page ....

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PDF version here ...

https://www.jdmjunkies.ch/wordpress...springs-and-options-by-www.JDMjunkies.ch_.pdf
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My name's actually Steve [emoji13] Skin was a nickname when I was a kid, don't ask me to explain where the Jim part came from, I don't think I understand it myself really [emoji23]

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