Suspension Advice :)

[james walker]

oh, i get ya.....

deary me thats a git isnt it.

 

[Nutkin]

yes.... yes it is.

 

[Nutkin]

to update you all we are now trying to put the car back together, the tracking is way out and the suspension rod is twisted so not entirely sure what to do to get it to a garage.

 

[LEE69]

Suspension rod? you mean the track rod, which fixes to the strut that turns the steering, when you turn the wheel?

 

[LEE69]

Cheap as chips

http://www.vwspares.co.uk/product_info.php?products_id=242

 

[Nutkin]

no no no the whole suspension strut was twisted round and we couldnt move it :/ well its now sitting outside a local garage and waiting for a call tomorrow morning.

 

[james walker]

jesus, howd you manage to do this then?


pissed off slightly then....

 

[Nutkin]

Im not sure

 

[Nutkin]

lil update Is now in the garage lol. hope to have it back before end of the week. Its going to be soooo much faster too. with all the weight they will take out my wallet

 

[james walker]

well at least you had a go!

you getting them to do springs?

 

[roger that]

Looking to have a go at removing the front strut/spring on wifes cupra as the coil spring snapped yesterday. Can i just check that the spring does not need tobe compressed to remove from the car? Also Seat advised that normal to replace just the one spring and not in pairs, which i thought was little strange? seat quoted £122+vat to fit. To others that have done the work, would this be £122+vat well spent? Thanks

 

[james walker]

no 122 plus vat is ridiculous for an easy job, above problems havent come from the springs....


you dont need to compress the springs to get off car but you will need to compress to take off the strut once off the car

 

[roger that]

Thanks for that james. Will get my spring ordered up now and fit myself. Cheers.

 

[LEE69]

I'd only replace springs in axle sets.

 

[paullec]

i/d get a garage to fit them drop them off nice cup of tea maybe a choccy biscuit and take it home lol im lazy but the hassle of if it goes pete tong having part if i bust something out weighs the cost in my opinion. ( i wouldnt take it to seat for the fitting a idepedant garage would charge about £60 plus alignment )

 

[Nutkin]

bang on, my problems wern't the spring they were the tie rod, which requires gas clamps etc to fit back, and i just dont have them lol. ssoooo, although the springs is a bitchy job, its doable.

 

[Nutkin]

Garage is refusing to fit my coilovers i dunno where else to take em? would the car be ok on a dodgey strut for the trip from brighton to reading :/

 

[LEE69]

What is the actual problem the tie rod won't tighten?

Try another garage, wonder why they wont fit them ?

 

[Danzibar9]

Why are they refusing to fit them!?

 

[JamesL]

As said, why?! what garage have you taken it to?

Dont tell me one in Brighton