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Something isn't quite right

Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2018 11:30 am
by geeegs
After finally getting round to moving my X which I haven't driven for several months, there was a strange noise coming from the off-side front. At first I thought it was the brakes, so I went to jack the car off the ground. At this point, the front wheel didn't move up from the ground, no matter how far I jacked!
Upon further examination I peered under the wheel arch and discovered the spring wasn't sitting true.
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I compared it with the near-side which I had replaced the other year and that looks how it is meant to look
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Photographs are taken whilst car was sitting on the ground, not jacked up.

Does anyone have any ideas, short of replacing the spring, of how to fix this? I was thinking putting in a call to the AA to see if they could assist.

Thanks in advance,

Richard

Re: Something isn't quite right

Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2018 4:25 pm
by davidr
Hi Richard - it looks highly likely to me that spring is broken so I'm afraid you will have to replace it. Sorry!

Re: Something isn't quite right

Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2018 11:54 pm
by geeegs
Thanks David. With that information in hand I got a quote from a garage for ~£120 to replace it.

Richard