Our Spring Collection
A small collection of the broken springs
One thing we have noticed over our first few months of trading is how many vehicles are coming in to us with broken springs. Some of them are obvious and make the car undriveable, but some have only a small piece broken from the end of the spring and the driver was not even aware of the problem.
Two important things – first a broken spring is a weakened spring and it may break again or slip off its mount. If that happens at speed it can obviously be very dangerous. And second – because of that – it will fail an MOT. The worst example we had was a Vauxhall Astra which came in for a regular service and had 3 broken springs – both of the rears and one on the front.
A close up of the jagged broken end of a spring
Opinion varies on the cause of so many spring failures. Is it bad components (ie weak springs) or worsening road surfaces combined with the dreaded speed bumps! Maybe it is a bit of both.
So if you think you may have a broken spring – or you just want to get them checked – come along for a free check and we will give the rest of the vehicle a quick safety check as well.