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Just had a huge bang from the back of the vectra at 15mph as I was going down the close. N/S/R wheel off (as it was sitting low at this corner), and I found this wedged in the trailing arm,
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...0/DSCF0545.jpg
The damm spring has broken, right at the bottom, thank god I wasn't giving it beans down one of the local back-roads!
you were lucky that didnt end in tears at speed, like you say!
The real downer is I can't get hold of a second-hand spring until monday, but at least it's only going to be ?20, and comes with the rear strut so it's a simple bolt-off, bolt-on job.
thats fair enought then
oh there not simple, the bottom 22mm i think is very very tight indeed
3-foot long torque wrench should sort that out luke!
With plenty of plusgas/WD40:thumb:Quote:
Originally Posted by mikey14sr