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[Bionic]

 
Somthing is obviously far wrong with the back end of my mig cos even though Dazas changed a broken rear spring (as a pair) again just over a week later it has broke again on the same side. There is no apparent tyre wear or anything else obviously amiss cos it runs great. I do not thrash it unless I am a really good road and take extra care when on a rough road or over speed bumps etc. Is it possible that the shockers could be at fault?
Sometime before I bought it the rear shocks had been changed for standard ones and the air assist taken off. Don't know why but suspect that it was because of costs cos the previous owner was an old gent.
What springs would best suit it now. I had one go just after I bought it and that was the NSR too, I have had KYB's on by Daz and the NS one broke after a year or so. Daz changed the rear pair again just over a week ago which leaves me with a spare KYB as good as new which was taken off the OS. It was Daz that discovered that the air assist was disconnected too but I can live with that cos I don't carry any weight in the back anyway.
Anyone got any ideas as to why this should keep happening? I know that the Elites suffer from broken springs but surely not to this scale......
HeyHo. comes Saturday its up to Daz's I will go................

[amba]

S/L springs are softer than stock non assisted so expect that may be the history why they are more prone to breaking.

If a stock new springs is having such a short life it has either got to be the shock that is at fault or a poor quality spring but would have expected better from KYB,s.

Last year I replaced both my S/L rear shocks with genuine GM and also the springs with KYB,s and had no issues.Think you have just been unlucky IMHO so best bet would be to just fit 2 new springs and put it down to bad luck,although worth a very close look at the shocks first.

[Bionic]

Daz will have a closer look when I take it up on Saturday so the shocks will get a good look at then even if they have to come off to do it. I don't mind getting dirty as he well knows and I also trust his work. Pity my frikkin legs are shot to bits or I would get on with it myself but then I would miss an opportunity to see the (very slimmer) PINK one. The shockers look in very good nick, the mountings are good, there are no leaks and the length seems to be correct. The last spring that broke was a pigtailed KYB RJ5414 with 16.5 coils at the centre so its not exactly a light spring. I still have the unbroken one. They always seem to snap at the 1st full coil so maybe that is some kind of indicator?
Would be the rottenest luck in the world if this is just happening randomly, even Sod had more luck than that with the frequency it is happening

Shed a light...................

[feeutfo]

Check the Kyb catalogue on line for the correct springs. V engine and 4 pot lumps are generally different iirc.

[Agemo]

Thought they were all the same   

[feeutfo]

[Darth Loo-knee]

OK Paul Daniels what is that supposed to tell us 

[Agemo]

"Not a lot"

Fetches coat . . .

[Darth Loo-knee]

"Not a lot"

Fetches coat . . .

"I like it"......

[Agemo]

So does Debbie McGee apparently 

[Marks DTM Calib]

The clue is in the first column where you can see a plus sign with a little picture of a vehicle with arrows pointing up adn down....which tells you that RJ6227 is the one for Saloons with self leveling

[Darth Loo-knee]

The clue is in the first column where you can see a plus sign with a little picture of a vehicle with arrows pointing up adn down....which tells you that RJ6227 is the one for Saloons with self leveling

Know it all  anyway I was talking to Gayboy 

[Marks DTM Calib]

The clue is in the first column where you can see a plus sign with a little picture of a vehicle with arrows pointing up adn down....which tells you that RJ6227 is the one for Saloons with self leveling

Know it all  anyway I was talking to Gayboy 

Hes to busy playing with wishbone bushes to respond

[feeutfo]

Master sees everything Pinky. Including front and rear headings that are missing off the top of the page.
 Just to be overly clear after his post...
Rc numbers are FRONTS in the left column( some appear to have left and right by the looks )

The column on the right Mark know it all DTM quotes with Self levelling are REARS. As you might now expect.

[Bionic]

Just as well I used common sense and already downloaded the KYB catalogue and refered to it only to discover that the correct ones had been fitted anyway, RX5414. Finally bit the bullet and got a pair of new heavy duty ones from Germany complete with a 2 full year or 20k unrestricted warranty to see if they make the difference considering that it was the KYB correct ones let me down initially. The heavy duty ones are still barrel shaped but the coils are the same diameter throughout and not tapered at the ends. Also according to KYB it makes no difference which way round they are fitted vertically as long as the tailend at the botton faces the rear.
Time will tell and if I need to change the shockers too then I will..........

See you Sat Daz, probably about 9ish depending on how many idiots get in my way.......