Broken Springs - List (add yourself if you've been affected)

[meitme]

Might seem a silly question, but what do you feel when they go?

 

[Mr Tidy]

You might not feel anything - it's not unusual for them to be discovered during MOT tests!

 

[MattZCars]

Yep, me too! NSR, only noticed today while swapping wheels, broken about 1 coil from the bottom. Didn't notice it before, I blame the runflats

 

[roblightbody]

I'm wondering if one of ours has broken... From the driver's seat I can hear a sort of knocking rattling sound behind me, which is similar to what I've experienced in my mx5. The roads here are terrible, so doing some research about what to fit.

 

[Thrustyjust]

Yay, I am in too !! NSR broken pigtail. 63k miles.Noticed a bit shaky on a bend last weekend, so thought I would check and there she was
Easy, peasy to change. Fitted rear Eibachs now and ride height is pretty similar as before. Lets hope for less sketch on the corners

 

[roblightbody]

This is a dumb question... and might well be answered somewhere else (apologies if so) but for a non-mechanic, with no ramps, but with a trolley jack (if I know where to put it...) is it easy-ish for me to conclusively establish if the spring is broken or not?

 

[Thrustyjust]

This is a dumb question... and might well be answered somewhere else (apologies if so) but for a non-mechanic, with no ramps, but with a trolley jack (if I know where to put it...) is it easy-ish for me to conclusively establish if the spring is broken or not?

Best to work with an axle stand under the chassis. Then remove the wheel. Look in the lower area of the suspension arm for the fracture of the broken spring. You could feel around without removing the wheel, but I never found it until I took the wheel off.

 

[DPG]

This is a dumb question... and might well be answered somewhere else (apologies if so) but for a non-mechanic, with no ramps, but with a trolley jack (if I know where to put it...) is it easy-ish for me to conclusively establish if the spring is broken or not?

Mine were obvious as the bottom section had dropped out. The top bit of the spring that was left I could wiggle with my hand.

 

[Wigsters]

I read somewhere they always break? Only had my E86 two weeks but it came looking ‘low’ at the rear. Aside from missing parts, the springs were very very dead on the rear — shattered top and bottom.

 

[tintinZ4]

yep. off side front has just busted on mine.....128K miles so thinking about a full change/overhaul....Bilstein B12 kit or is there anything standard..ish kit wise out there????

 

[jpvd]

i had my z4 2003 2.2 checked over a year or so back and they found a broken rear spring - assumed it was just due to age??

 

[Zed Baron]

Happens to E89s as well!... car has just done 31,000 miles.

 

[Robtp10]

I have had broken springs.

 

[Clobber]

08 E86 64k miles joining the club...

My FSR was rattling so got both done.

They must’ve been knackered, car feels a lot better now....

 

[Argyll Andy]

59 plate 23i 52k Rattle started rear passenger side, spring snapped an inch from bottom. New ones supposed to arrive today - haven’t yet!!!

 

[Zed Baron]

59 plate 23i 52k Rattle started rear passenger side, spring snapped an inch from bottom. New ones supposed to arrive today - haven’t yet!!!

Andy, same happened to me last year at 29k! my mechanic says its a fault in the design of the rear springs, they thin out near the end and thats where they break. :x

 

[True-Blue]

Yep, my 29k Mile E85 3.0si failed mot a week or so back on rear offside broken spring. Sorted in about 30 mins after getting a replacement from the forum and now road legal again. Have a B12 Pro kit sat in my hallway now 8)

 

[Argyll Andy]

59 plate 23i 52k Rattle started rear passenger side, spring snapped an inch from bottom. New ones supposed to arrive today - haven’t yet!!!

Andy, same happened to me last year at 29k! my mechanic says its a fault in the design of the rear springs, they thin out near the end and thats where they break. :x

Had a quick run through Glen Coe about a week ago. First proper run and I could hear a wee tinny rattle. I thought it was a loose heat shield or something. Popped up to my mechanic when I got home and he produced this.

Told me just order a pair of standard ones. Argyll roads don’t take too well to the Zed being lowered

 

[Probocop]

Yep, my 29k Mile E85 3.0si failed mot a week or so back on rear offside broken spring. Sorted in about 30 mins after getting a replacement from the forum and now road legal again. Have a B12 Pro kit sat in my hallway now 8)

Both my rear springs snapped last year, so I also did the only responsible thing and replaced the whole set with a B12 kit

 

[nrg]

Yep happened to mine, stopped once I got rid of those run flats.