Aboardman
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| posted on 6/12/06 at 07:42 PM |
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broken spring ford focus
was driving home today and a loud bang from front of car, pulled over could find nothing wrong at first inspection, turned the steering wheel and was
banging, set off back home at a slow pace and only made a noise on tight bends.
got home got the wheel off had a looked around getting my dad to turn steering wheel, then i spotted it one broken spring complete sheared. 
been to local motor factors and new springs £30 each and new shocks £30. he said common thing now adays sells spings every week for various cars due
to sleeping policeman.
i assume i would be better changing shocks and springs together.
2 weeks before christmas.
does any one know where to get an online focus manual?
[Edited on 6/12/06 by Aboardman]
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ch1ll1
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| posted on 6/12/06 at 07:50 PM |
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replace at least both springs!
shocks is upto you
if you have the money !
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Danozeman
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| posted on 6/12/06 at 08:05 PM |
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N/s thats broken??
If it hasnt damaged the shock and it isnt leaking i wouldnt bother with them.. Id only change the spring thats gone aswell.
Dan
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thunderace
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| posted on 6/12/06 at 08:09 PM |
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if its leaking you need to replace it,if not just buy second hand ones on ebay they are cheap you can get a full set for around £20 inc p&p(i done
just one on my pals vectra and it was bad read bad the car was all over the road on bends.had to swap the other one a week later once he got paid)
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ford-focus-suspension-springs_W0QQitemZ120060583088QQihZ002QQcategoryZ21654QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
[Edited on 6/12/06 by thunderace]
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ch1ll1
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| posted on 6/12/06 at 08:29 PM |
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i would always change spring in pairs
same for shockers
the ride height will be different for a start
causing all sorts of problems!
best to be safe !
[Edited on 6/12/06 by ch1ll1]
[Edited on 6/12/06 by ch1ll1]
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UncleFista
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| posted on 6/12/06 at 08:32 PM |
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I doubt you'd need a manual, Autodata says at's a 1 hour job to do one side, so I can't see it being a difficult job 
Tony Bond / UncleFista
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Hellfire
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| posted on 6/12/06 at 09:24 PM |
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Take a picture of a particularly bad pothole - send it to your local council with a stinging letter and make a claim for neglect of roads (whilst they
are busy building speed humps).
Worth a try 
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MikeRJ
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| posted on 6/12/06 at 09:24 PM |
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Mondeos have a habbit of breaking springs as well, wonder where Ford are buying them from?
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jollygreengiant
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| posted on 6/12/06 at 10:43 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by MikeRJ
Mondeos have a habbit of breaking springs as well, wonder where Ford are buying them from?
Probably old Renault stock.
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Gav
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| posted on 6/12/06 at 11:14 PM |
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my Leon broke one too, did it myself, my arse is it a 1 hour job!
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Peteff
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| posted on 6/12/06 at 11:38 PM |
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I could do one on my old Escort in an hour, they were cheap enough but I only did one at a time and it never caused any problems, they broke in the
same place on the bottom coil as well.
yours, Pete
I went into the RSPCA office the other day. It was so small you could hardly swing a cat in there.
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NS Dev
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| posted on 7/12/06 at 09:49 AM |
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Think you came over to ours didn't you Pete when my brother was doing a spring on his old scorpio 24v?
Retro RWD is the way forward...........automotive fabrication, car restoration, sheetmetal work, engine conversion
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Aboardman
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| posted on 9/12/06 at 02:30 PM |
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well just replaced both sides including shocks, biggest pain was getting the spring compressors on, and did have fun on what was the good side.
never compressed the spings enough before undoing the nut lucky i told my dad to get out way as i undid it.
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Peteff
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| posted on 9/12/06 at 02:42 PM |
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Think you came over to ours didn't you Pete
Yes, he was trying to use the rattle gun without switching the compressor on if I remember Spring compressors are better in threes as they slide
round the spring and you get a bulge on one side with two.
yours, Pete
I went into the RSPCA office the other day. It was so small you could hardly swing a cat in there.
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