Loud Twang....

[Nate6874]

I got into my mk3 to pop to Asda, there was a loud twang and the drivers door (open) was wedged on the pavement. Car is pulling to the drivers side. Had a look without the wheel off and can't see anything obvious, I recently changed the drop links on both sides and they seem intact still. I'm thinking broken spring.

Any ideas?

[stef123]

Have a look at the spring, usual culprit where a twang is involved lol

[Nate6874]

Had a look, can't see anything. Given it a yank about and no movement. I'll jack it up and take off the wheel tomorrow afternoon. Probably change whole strut.

[stef123]

Have a look at the very bottom of the spring. be careful of driving it with a broken front spring, if the pig tail has snapped off the entire spring can slip over the strut meaning your car will hit the deck.

I will upload a pic shortly of what I mean

[stef123]

Like this 2006 Mondeo

[Nate6874]

Cheers. I've got a choice to make now. Standard springs or lowering.

[stef123]

If it is a broken spring, they are a bit of a pain to do on the front of the mk3 as the strut assembly is bigger than the gap so you need to compress it slightly first.

[Nate6874]

With spring compressors?

[stef123]

Yeah they would probably work fine, I use a hydraulic unit now so I have to compress them with the jack and use paracord to tie them in the compressed position.

[Nate6874]

Well had the front wheel off, the top mount has basically come apart. The lower plastic component has failed and come apart.