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Rear spring replacement

Manimalfloss
Manimalfloss
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Hi all

Does anyone have a guide or a walk through for replacing the rear coil springs? local parts guy says £56 each for the springs and the car doesn't have level assist

Ta

 

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    I changed the rear trailing arm bushes on my Mondeo a couple of years ago and whilst I was at it, replaced the shock and bump stop...this is basically how I removed the rear spring to change the bump stop YouTube link

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    Spot on, thanks for the heads up, was unaware the underpinning were similar.

    Ta

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    Just a follow up to this thread, by jacking the car high enough you just need to remove one bolt marked in the picture and the suspension arm will swing down and release the spring. you should put a jack under it to find the sweet spot where there is no weight on the bolt to remove it. remember to torque the bolt back up when reassembling.

    Broken side 1hr (to work things out)

    Not broken side (15 minutes)

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    Thanks

    Ross

    AKA Manimalfloss

     

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