Hey all,
Recently had my E89 snap a front spring and I am having an awful lot of trouble getting a replacement fitted!
I purchased a Lesjoefors 4008511 from GSF initially and when my trusted garage tried to fit it, it was too wide at the top to fit flush in the upper spring seat; old spring fit just fine across both the old upper spring seat and the new replacement one (am doing damper, top mount, bump stop etc. all at the same time as I'm in there) and, unsurprisingly, the garage aren't willing to fit it as they can't vouch for it's safety.
In hindsight I could have taken a better picture or two
but hopefully you can see what's happening (look at bottom left of image where the top of the spring is going over the upper seat)
They've since sourced their own due to the possibility that it could have been a case of wrong spring in the box, but have had the same issue with those too.
Is this a *thing*?
We're all utterly stumped as the right parts have been ordered, using the right part numbers. BMW have quoted something like £110 per spring and a week of lead time so I've asked them to hold off now. But I'm a bit stuck on what to do, my initial plan was to get a used spring from a breaker, but there's nowt on eBay unless I wanted the full damper assembly too!
Recently had my E89 snap a front spring and I am having an awful lot of trouble getting a replacement fitted!
I purchased a Lesjoefors 4008511 from GSF initially and when my trusted garage tried to fit it, it was too wide at the top to fit flush in the upper spring seat; old spring fit just fine across both the old upper spring seat and the new replacement one (am doing damper, top mount, bump stop etc. all at the same time as I'm in there) and, unsurprisingly, the garage aren't willing to fit it as they can't vouch for it's safety.
In hindsight I could have taken a better picture or two
but hopefully you can see what's happening (look at bottom left of image where the top of the spring is going over the upper seat)They've since sourced their own due to the possibility that it could have been a case of wrong spring in the box, but have had the same issue with those too.
Is this a *thing*?
We're all utterly stumped as the right parts have been ordered, using the right part numbers. BMW have quoted something like £110 per spring and a week of lead time so I've asked them to hold off now. But I'm a bit stuck on what to do, my initial plan was to get a used spring from a breaker, but there's nowt on eBay unless I wanted the full damper assembly too!
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