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MOT Fail - Broken Rear Coil Spring

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MOT Fail - Broken Rear Coil Spring

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MOT Fail - Broken Rear Coil Spring
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9:th-Apr-2018, 12:09:47
Managed to replace the coil springs this weekend using a pair of axel stands. I'm not surprised the original spring broke, top and bottom bits of the original coils are very thin. The broken bit was still trapped between the spring and the rubber mount.

The only curve ball using axel stands was that it was impossible to lever the shock absorber bolt off on the right hand side. Not enough space for my homemade extention pole so I had to remove the bolt for the anti roll bar to get the required leverage.

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MOT Fail - Broken Rear Coil Spring - by marcus01 - 30:th-Mar-2018, 15:10:51
RE: MOT Fail - Broken Rear Coil Spring - by rlievens - 30:th-Mar-2018, 15:50:21
MOT Fail - Broken Rear Coil Spring - by marcus01 - 30:th-Mar-2018, 21:54:30
RE: MOT Fail - Broken Rear Coil Spring - by Rusty2009 - 31:st-Mar-2018, 07:13:52
RE: MOT Fail - Broken Rear Coil Spring - by marcus01 - 31:st-Mar-2018, 08:20:09
RE: MOT Fail - Broken Rear Coil Spring - by Rusty2009 - 1:st-Apr-2018, 07:33:10
RE: MOT Fail - Broken Rear Coil Spring - by niteram - 2:nd-Apr-2018, 19:37:21
RE: MOT Fail - Broken Rear Coil Spring - by rlievens - 3:rd-Apr-2018, 08:44:09
RE: MOT Fail - Broken Rear Coil Spring - by niteram - 3:rd-Apr-2018, 17:07:12
RE: MOT Fail - Broken Rear Coil Spring - by rlievens - 4:th-Apr-2018, 08:31:42
MOT Fail - Broken Rear Coil Spring - by marcus01 - 6:th-Apr-2018, 06:56:39
MOT Fail - Broken Rear Coil Spring - by marcus01 - 9:th-Apr-2018, 12:09:47
RE: MOT Fail - Broken Rear Coil Spring - by rlievens - 9:th-Apr-2018, 13:20:38

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