306 Broken Front Spring

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newsonline - 19 Oct 2005 11:06 GMT

I'd be grateful for any thoughts on this one. My wife's otherwise well
behaved '98 306 cabrio (47,000 miles) apparently has a broken o/s front
spring. As it's the first spring failure I've ever had - can anyone tell me
what causes this - and should the n/s spring be changed too?

It isn't driven hard and the only recent work was that we had two new front
tyres fitted a few days ago.

TIA

Steve

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Nom - 20 Oct 2005 08:40 GMT

> I'd be grateful for any thoughts on this one. My wife's otherwise well
> behaved '98 306 cabrio (47,000 miles) apparently has a broken o/s
> front spring. As it's the first spring failure I've ever had - can
> anyone tell me what causes this - and should the n/s spring be
> changed too?

Just general wear and tear - a replacement will be cheap, so don't worry
about it. These things happen :)

Yes, change both as a pair.

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newsonline - 20 Oct 2005 15:44 GMT

> > I'd be grateful for any thoughts on this one. My wife's otherwise well
> > behaved '98 306 cabrio (47,000 miles) apparently has a broken o/s
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> Yes, change both as a pair.

Thanks for getting back to me - it's much appreciated. Both springs are
being replaced today.

Steve

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