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Aug 4th, 2011, 22:38 | #1 |
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O/S/F spring broken
Drove my s40 for the firs time in 1 1/2 weeks due to hols, and heard a clucking sound coming from the offside front which got worse the more I drove. Checked when I got back home and the off side front spring has broken.
Does anyone know who much it'll cost at a reasonable garage to change both springs? Drop links shouldn't be an issue as they were both changed last year when doing the top mounts. I normally get the brother in law to do this sort of thing but I don't fancy driving 20miles (including motorway) to his house on a broken spring!!! How do I find out which springs are fitted? It's a T4 but I know that there are many different suspensions options.
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Aug 5th, 2011, 00:50 | #2 |
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The code for the springs, fitted at time of manufacture, is at the bottom of the identification plate on the firewall/bulkhead - for example: 4AV 2AZ
They're approximately £90 each from Volvo. Try Rufe for a price.
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if you want to tackel it your self Jseaman did a fancastic guid on how change the springs and dampers step by step, it's in here somewhere,just do a seach worth the read, hope this helps,
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Aug 5th, 2011, 13:00 | #4 |
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Got a couple of quotes from independant garages from between £120 and £150 per side all in - obviously not volvo parts.
One garage did want me to have the tracking done as well it an extra cost of £25, which IMHO is not needed. Needless to say that I'm not going there. All the garages are stating that I need only have the broken side replaced, and don't need to have the pair replaced. I always thought that you should replace suspension parts in pairs (offside and nearside). Thinking about it, the spring has gone on the side that had the new damper last year - this was done as part of my Brother in Law changing the top mounts. I wonder if its related!
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I agree with Dog_Book, replace them in pairs. Due to the nature of our roads the NS springs receive more abuse than the OS so it's only a matter of time before you'll need to replace the NSF. Plus, if you only replace the OSF spring it will effect the overall braking efficiency of the car as it will be stiffer than the old NSF spring.
If you disturb the suspension components it is adviseable to have the tracking checked. If they're going to charge 25 bucks for the tracking you may as well have a four wheel alignment carried out. Not gospel, just my twopence worth
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Aug 5th, 2011, 15:38 | #8 |
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Its a 51 plate S40 T4, with it being an S or Sport depending on who your talk to!!
I shall have the pair done. My own common sense says to get them done in pairs. Because of differing suspension set ups, I don't want one side being a "hard" spring, the other being "soft" for instance. I'm going to get the numbers off the VIN plate and phone up a volvo dealer later on today so that I can get the correct volvo part number. The indepent garage should then be able to get a match, I've already advised them that it has sports suspension. The garage has said that they'll check the tracking but don't forsee it needing doing assuming it wasn't out in the first place. It's booked in for Wednesday next week, until then I'm driving the wife's 2.0 HDI Piccasso with only 90BHP!!!!!
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Oh yeah, with springs if say no need to check tracking as they do not hold the suspension in line... shocks and lower arms etc then yes. Once my little knocking problem is sorted then im having mine tracked again as ive had new front coils, lower wishbone, all shocks so it def needs doing.
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