Good point…keep forgetting the E89s antique rear suspension design…Nictrix wrote: ↑Sat Nov 12, 2022 11:35 amIf its the rear that isnt sitting properly there isnt really any assembly involved.B21 wrote: ↑Fri Nov 11, 2022 11:13 pm Sounds like they didn’t assemble the new springs correctly…if the springs were ordered as a pack than re-assembly is the most likely cause..unless that damper (on the broken spring) was compromised..I assume at that price they would have checked everything perfectly…
The spring and damper are seperate from each other.
Basically to fit the rear spring almost all thats needed is to jack the car up, remove the wheel, undo the bottom damper mount and then while levering the wheel hub,disc etc down pull out the spring. To install lever the hub,disc etc down and put the new spring in place.
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We choose to go to on with this endeavour at this time and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard…
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This is what the garage have now sent me as justification for the 6 hours... surely there's no need to remove the brakes?
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Oh yes they are removed for this task..on the front
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You're right B21.
I've just signed up for a one month autodata trial for a quid. It gave me the following for my car, front and rear spring replacement...
So they've told me their times are based on autodata estimates, but then they've edited the time for the rear from 1 to 1.25, and then added on a load of tasks for the front that either weren't necessary or weren't asked for.
I've just signed up for a one month autodata trial for a quid. It gave me the following for my car, front and rear spring replacement...
So they've told me their times are based on autodata estimates, but then they've edited the time for the rear from 1 to 1.25, and then added on a load of tasks for the front that either weren't necessary or weren't asked for.
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