Thought I had a broken spring

[Bobr]

A couple of days ago, while driving over a speed hump, I heard a loud 'twang' noise from the back of the car.   I thought it might be a broken spring.   Over the course of the day, Nottingham being a breeding ground for speed humps, sometimes the noise occurred and sometimes it didn't.   I took the car to a mate of mine, who used to own a garage and still does work for me, and asked him to have a look at it and replace the back springs if necessary.

He said I could pick the car up this morning and I asked him what I owed him   He said nothing.   I said, 'What about the cost of the springs?'   He said that there was nothing wrong with the springs and he'd show me what caused the noise when I got there.

When I arrived he handed me a small stone about three-quarters of an inch square.   It had been sitting in the spring seat and when the spring was extended it got caught between the coils.   Next time I went over a bump it had popped out and made the noise.   It obviously was the problem as, since it was removed, the car hasn't made the noise once.

[pragmatix]

Well at least it was cheap😀

[Zico]

Not quite rolling stones 😄

[Bobr]

8 hours ago, pragmatix said:

Well at least it was cheap😀

He got a top quality bottle of red.