by Nigel <ng@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
Feb 25, 2008 at 09:22 PM
On Sun, 24 Feb 2008 19:10:09 GMT, "malc"
<malunspamwhite@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>Dave Angel wrote:
>> I have a 1998 406 Hdi estate and my offside soil spring has just
>> snapped, luckily when I was pulling into a driveway at about 5 mph!
>> RAC guy said that suggested that he could see no other damage to the
>> tire or brake lines. I am 'reasonably' technically minded and have
>> the car sitting at home.
>>
>> 1. Can I remove the shock itself by jacking the car up and then take
>> it to a garage to replace the coil? Or just drive slowly to the
>> garage (literally about 200metres away!) and get them to do it all (I
>> don't know how big the job is).
>>
>> 2. Do I need any specialist tools to remove it other than spanners/
>> tourque wrench etc?
>>
>> 3. Should I remove the other front shock while I am about it and get
>> that replaced?
>>
>> 4. Can I buy the shock online? My concern is that I might get stiffed
>> by a garage and I don't want to pay a premium. I have no idea how
>> much they are...
>>
>> The car has 112k miles on it.
>>
>> Thanks in advance
>
>Mine went the other day as I was reversing out of a parking space
>(fortunately at home). One of my neighbours is a mechanic so he replaced
it
>for me for £120. I associated the clonk as it snapped with the brakes
>sticking so I actually got about 200yds down the road before I twigged it
>was a bit more serious than that. It did melt the name off the inside of
the
>front tyre but apart from that no damage was done. The guy who replaced
it
>for me said he had to use hydraulic spring compressors becuase the
>replacement spring was so long and had to be compressed down so far. I
have
>no idea whether he was spinning a tale or not.
Your guy is right. You need an hydraulic type not the cheap and nasty
things you get in Halfords. And definitely do both sides.
