BM08

i toke my escort gti to ford the other day for a service and they said that my front left spring was broken (standard jobbies), now thats fair enough but how can it be broken and me not notice? cos i been driving it everywhere and it feels fine not n and also its not lower at the front either to suggest its buggered either?

i havent had chance to look myself but it they said it was "broken" then i guess it would be pretty obvious just by looking at the spring?

dvid

having dodgy issues with my GTI too.... started creaking as I go round corners.... they came back to me and said that its teh bodywork rubbing on the wheel! it is lowered but I dont hink this has just miraculously started happening!

Hope you get it sorted mate, Ford eh... dodgy

Jim Galbally

my old motor had 2 snapped rear springs... i didnt really notice either!

if you take it very easy you should be ok to drive it to a local garage. i dont think its legal tho, especially considering you actually know about it. a set of springs (all 4) is about 60quid from memory. try here www.raldes.co.uk www.provenproducts.co.uk may aswell go for -25mm - -35mm jobbies whilst youre there, but you can still get std height ones if youd rather.

Fudgey

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sounds like the lower arms mate, they are prone to being shit on mk5/6 escorts!

as for the spring, just take it easy till you get it sorted.

dvid

this is the rear of the car btw.... they said bushes were ok, he mentioned front arms but thought that they wouldnt cause noise in the rear... car has only done 47K miles too

Fudgey

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ah right, get the wd40 out and give the bushes a good soaking, and the top mounts of the rear struts, should sort it out

my old cabby used to rub the tyres on the arches, but only with a big fat c*nt sat in the back

dvid

ok will do... hope I get teh right areas

Fudgey

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they are the black rubber bits mate lol, where the strut goes onto the rear beam, dont overspray onto the discs/drums tho lol

and where the beam mounts to the chassis

and the to of the strut from inside the car

dvid

cool thanks for that.... imaloverofcars, Sorry for invading your thread like abut rapist

Car should be ready to sell once I get it back.. had new emisions valve fitted as apparantly that was causing it to idle bad an cut out

Fudgey

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not a very good pic, but you can the strut, and where the beam goes onto the chassis

dvid

Sweet thatl do... and that middle exhaust box must be what makes the horrible grinding noise when I go over speedbumps

Fudgey

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lol

yep, and when you park 1/2 on a kerb

dvid

took 2 people to cricket training the other day with 3 big bags in teh back, think the sideskirts got in on the action too that day!

Anonymous

A broken spring does not nessarily mean that is broken in half.. You probably wouldn't notice it.. 9 times out of ten a two inch section at the top of the spring will have broken away with excessive corrosion. Easy fix.. Get a suspension kit fitted..

Iain Mac

Front left spring broke on the wife's Escort 1.8. Could only really notice it on full lock, but it didn't take long to swap it out.

The bushes in the front arms are a BIG problem. She got new Ford bushes fitted at the first MOT (only 16k miles). Two years and 12k later they were gone again so I fitted Powerflex bushes.

The MOT is almost due again and I think they have gone again - if so, it is back to cheap standard bushes for me - they aren't on her car for performance so I don't see any point in paying loads extra for the poly bushes if they don't last any longer!