focus steve77
April 26, 2012, 12:26 pm
front coil spring has half came off while driving along (lots of smoke as riubbining against tyre)
well more half of the spring is hanging over the bottom suspension stop/strut
M.O.T was only 2 days ago and only drive 30-40 mile since....?
Spring does not looked cracked.....?
Any ideas on what caused....?
I suppose i would need some spring compressors and unbolt the top from engine bay once jacked up...?
Stoney871
April 26, 2012, 1:44 pm
Spring compressors should be all you need to relocate the spring once jacked up.
Did you bounce over a speed hump?
Sometimes the wheels will drop if the hump is high or going too fast.
focus steve77
April 28, 2012, 4:34 am
further inspection the spring at the bottom snapped so it was wider, replaced with a new one which was a bit of a pig of a job but all done now.....