Coil spring replacement

#1

I have a rear driver side coil spring broken at the bottom and in need of
replacement.

Are these changed as a pair or can I get away with just doing the broken
one. The other one as far as I can see looks ok.

I do a fair bit of maintenance on the car but have never had to do a coil
spring, is this a home diy job or one for the garage ?

From the look of it, you just unbolt the lower arm doodah

remove spring
(hmmm looks under tension I guess it'll pop out and go bouncing everywhere
hopefully no one me) replace with new one, shove the arm right back up and
torque it all up. Or have I underestimated the job ?

Thanks

#2

munki wrote:

Quote:

I have a rear driver side coil spring broken at the bottom and in need of
replacement.

Are these changed as a pair or can I get away with just doing the broken
one. The other one as far as I can see looks ok.

I do a fair bit of maintenance on the car but have never had to do a coil
spring, is this a home diy job or one for the garage ?

From the look of it, you just unbolt the lower arm doodah

remove spring
(hmmm looks under tension I guess it'll pop out and go bouncing everywhere
hopefully no one me) replace with new one, shove the arm right back up and
torque it all up. Or have I underestimated the job ?

Thanks

You'll need some coil compressors |I think

#3

"Blah" <Blah (AT) hotmail (DOT) com> wrote

Quote:

munki wrote:
I have a rear driver side coil spring broken at the bottom and in need of
replacement.

Are these changed as a pair or can I get away with just doing the broken
one. The other one as far as I can see looks ok.

I do a fair bit of maintenance on the car but have never had to do a coil
spring, is this a home diy job or one for the garage ?

From the look of it, you just unbolt the lower arm doodah

remove
spring (hmmm looks under tension I guess it'll pop out and go bouncing
everywhere hopefully no one me) replace with new one, shove the arm right
back up and torque it all up. Or have I underestimated the job ?

Thanks
You'll need some coil compressors |I think

If you try to remove any part that releases the spring when you undo it
you'll probably kill yourself (I don't jest). The spring will have to be
compressed with a suitable tool first. Even if you undid things without a
compressor and survived, how would you get it back?

Rob graham

#4

On Thu, 30 Jul 2009 20:24:38 +0100, munki mumbled:

Quote:

I have a rear driver side coil spring broken at the bottom and in need
of replacement.

Are these changed as a pair or can I get away with just doing the broken
one. The other one as far as I can see looks ok.

I do a fair bit of maintenance on the car but have never had to do a
coil spring, is this a home diy job or one for the garage ?

From the look of it, you just unbolt the lower arm doodah

remove
spring (hmmm looks under tension I guess it'll pop out and go bouncing
everywhere hopefully no one me) replace with new one, shove the arm
right back up and torque it all up. Or have I underestimated the job ?

You *MUST* use spring compressors, and use them *properly* If a spring
gets loose, comes out and hits you, which it will, because you'll be next
to it, it will hurt you a lot, or possibly even kill you. I'm not joking
either, they are bloody dangerous.

hth

Mike P

#5

"robgraham" <rttgrahamwow (AT) btinternet (DOT) com> wrote

Quote:

"Blah" <Blah (AT) hotmail (DOT) com> wrote in message
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munki wrote:
I have a rear driver side coil spring broken at the bottom and in need
of
replacement.

Are these changed as a pair or can I get away with just doing the broken
one. The other one as far as I can see looks ok.

I do a fair bit of maintenance on the car but have never had to do a
coil spring, is this a home diy job or one for the garage ?

From the look of it, you just unbolt the lower arm doodah

remove
spring (hmmm looks under tension I guess it'll pop out and go bouncing
everywhere hopefully no one me) replace with new one, shove the arm
right back up and torque it all up. Or have I underestimated the job ?

Thanks
You'll need some coil compressors |I think

If you try to remove any part that releases the spring when you undo it
you'll probably kill yourself (I don't jest). The spring will have to be
compressed with a suitable tool first. Even if you undid things without a
compressor and survived, how would you get it back?

Rob graham

Wedge it back up with a little brute force my good man and bolt up.

#6

On Thu, 30 Jul 2009 20:54:58 +0100, munki <none (AT) none (DOT) com> wrote:

Quote:

"robgraham" <rttgrahamwow (AT) btinternet (DOT) com> wrote in message
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"Blah" <Blah (AT) hotmail (DOT) com> wrote in message
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munki wrote:
I have a rear driver side coil spring broken at the bottom and in need
of
replacement.

Are these changed as a pair or can I get away with just doing the
broken
one. The other one as far as I can see looks ok.

I do a fair bit of maintenance on the car but have never had to do a
coil spring, is this a home diy job or one for the garage ?

From the look of it, you just unbolt the lower arm doodah

remove
spring (hmmm looks under tension I guess it'll pop out and go bouncing
everywhere hopefully no one me) replace with new one, shove the arm
right back up and torque it all up. Or have I underestimated the job ?

Thanks
You'll need some coil compressors |I think

If you try to remove any part that releases the spring when you undo it
you'll probably kill yourself (I don't jest). The spring will have to be
compressed with a suitable tool first. Even if you undid things without
a
compressor and survived, how would you get it back?

Rob graham

Wedge it back up with a little brute force my good man and bolt up.

Dream on. Actually you can do the back of a Mondeo that way, but very few
things.

#7

On Thu, 30 Jul 2009 20:24:38 +0100, munki <none (AT) none (DOT) com> wrote:

Quote:

I have a rear driver side coil spring broken at the bottom and in need of
replacement.

Are these changed as a pair or can I get away with just doing the broken
one. The other one as far as I can see looks ok.

I do a fair bit of maintenance on the car but have never had to do a coil
spring, is this a home diy job or one for the garage ?

From the look of it, you just unbolt the lower arm doodah

remove
spring
(hmmm looks under tension I guess it'll pop out and go bouncing
everywhere
hopefully no one me) replace with new one, shove the arm right back up
and
torque it all up. Or have I underestimated the job ?

Thanks

Give us a clue, what's the car?

#8

"Duncan Wood" <nntpnews (AT) dmx512 (DOT) co.uk> wrote

Quote:

On Thu, 30 Jul 2009 20:54:58 +0100, munki <none (AT) none (DOT) com> wrote:

"robgraham" <rttgrahamwow (AT) btinternet (DOT) com> wrote in message
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"Blah" <Blah (AT) hotmail (DOT) com> wrote in message
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munki wrote:
I have a rear driver side coil spring broken at the bottom and in need
of
replacement.

Are these changed as a pair or can I get away with just doing the
broken
one. The other one as far as I can see looks ok.

I do a fair bit of maintenance on the car but have never had to do a
coil spring, is this a home diy job or one for the garage ?

From the look of it, you just unbolt the lower arm doodah

remove
spring (hmmm looks under tension I guess it'll pop out and go bouncing
everywhere hopefully no one me) replace with new one, shove the arm
right back up and torque it all up. Or have I underestimated the job ?

Thanks
You'll need some coil compressors |I think

If you try to remove any part that releases the spring when you undo it
you'll probably kill yourself (I don't jest). The spring will have to be
compressed with a suitable tool first. Even if you undid things without
a
compressor and survived, how would you get it back?

Rob graham

Wedge it back up with a little brute force my good man and bolt up.

Dream on. Actually you can do the back of a Mondeo that way, but very few
things.

Aparantly from mk4 golf user forums the mk4 golf rears are easy to do like
this but the fornts are an utter nightmare.

#9

"Mike P" <privacy (AT) privacy (DOT) net> wrote

Quote:

On Thu, 30 Jul 2009 20:24:38 +0100, munki mumbled:

I have a rear driver side coil spring broken at the bottom and in need
of replacement.

Are these changed as a pair or can I get away with just doing the broken
one. The other one as far as I can see looks ok.

I do a fair bit of maintenance on the car but have never had to do a
coil spring, is this a home diy job or one for the garage ?

From the look of it, you just unbolt the lower arm doodah

remove
spring (hmmm looks under tension I guess it'll pop out and go bouncing
everywhere hopefully no one me) replace with new one, shove the arm
right back up and torque it all up. Or have I underestimated the job ?

You *MUST* use spring compressors, and use them *properly* If a spring
gets loose, comes out and hits you, which it will, because you'll be next
to it, it will hurt you a lot, or possibly even kill you. I'm not joking
either, they are bloody dangerous.

hth

Mike P

I'm going to take heed of all the warnings which sound alarming and get some
spring comprossors as I don;t fancy getting pinged to death.

#10

"Duncan Wood" <nntpnews (AT) dmx512 (DOT) co.uk> wrote

Quote:

On Thu, 30 Jul 2009 20:24:38 +0100, munki <none (AT) none (DOT) com> wrote:

I have a rear driver side coil spring broken at the bottom and in need of
replacement.

Are these changed as a pair or can I get away with just doing the broken
one. The other one as far as I can see looks ok.

I do a fair bit of maintenance on the car but have never had to do a coil
spring, is this a home diy job or one for the garage ?

From the look of it, you just unbolt the lower arm doodah

remove
spring
(hmmm looks under tension I guess it'll pop out and go bouncing
everywhere
hopefully no one me) replace with new one, shove the arm right back up
and
torque it all up. Or have I underestimated the job ?

Thanks

Give us a clue, what's the car?

Plonk I am ... Its a mk4 golf (rear spring)