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skylinemv
1.8 16v
Posts: 71 Joined: Mon Dec 31, 2007 8:10 pm
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by skylinemv Tue May 06, 2008 8:16 pm
True, it was always a risk that the other would go.
Having looked at it tonight the same circumstances surround its failure as the passenger side. corrosion around the outer edge of the crossectioon of the spring.
It is a design fault to powder coat a spring then wrap it in a rubber sleeve in a position which accumulates mud on a daily basis. What a recipe for disaster
All WD 40'd and awaiting the new leg.
skylinemv
1.8 16v
Posts: 71 Joined: Mon Dec 31, 2007 8:10 pm
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by skylinemv Fri May 09, 2008 8:24 pm
New leg fitted quicker than last time all okay and test driven.
Hope that is the end of this saga.
habbers
1.8 8v
Posts: 25 Joined: Mon Dec 10, 2007 7:52 pm
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by habbers Sun May 11, 2008 6:55 pm
Drivers side went on mine about two months ago, just a bang!
skylinemv
1.8 16v
Posts: 71 Joined: Mon Dec 31, 2007 8:10 pm
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by skylinemv Sun May 11, 2008 9:13 pm
Well if I ever bought another 406 I would factor a new set of springs in to the price if it was between 80kand 200k unless bills proved they had been done!!
Captain Jack
3.0 24v
Posts: 3820 Joined: Sun Aug 07, 2005 11:26 amLocation: Langford, Somerset
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by Captain Jack Sun May 11, 2008 9:27 pm
Mine went earlier this week at 144k.... There were quite a lot of tell tales that it was about to give as the knocking was getting really quite bad. Quiet as a whisper now
2003 - 2008: 1998 Peugeot 406 2.1 TD 110bhp LX Saloon
2008 - 2009: 2004 Honda Accord 2.2 CDTI 136bhp Executive Saloon
2009 - 2013: 2002 Peugeot 406 2.0 HDI 110bhp Executive Saloon
2013 - 2021: 2007 Peugeot 407 2.2 HDI 170bhp Executive Saloon (mapped to 213bhp
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2021 - ????: 2016 Ford Mondeo 2.0 TDCi 180bhp Titanium
Welly
The moderator formally known as Welton
Posts: 15033 Joined: Tue Jan 10, 2006 12:52 pmLocation: East Midlandfordshire
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by Welly Tue May 13, 2008 4:47 pm
I am starting to question my decision now to only replace the one side
120K
Cars in my care:
mjb
Site Admin
Posts: 7983 Joined: Wed May 31, 2006 9:06 pmLocation: Stoke
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by mjb Tue May 13, 2008 7:38 pm
Welton wrote: I am starting to question my decision now to only replace the one side
120K
Yeah, I'd seriously think about getting it booked in before it craps out on its own
<steve_earwig> I think this forum is more about keeping our cars going with minimal outlay than giving our cars more reason to go bang
skylinemv
1.8 16v
Posts: 71 Joined: Mon Dec 31, 2007 8:10 pm
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by skylinemv Tue May 13, 2008 8:44 pm
I agree get it changed. It was blind luck that both mine went on my drive within 3 weeks of each other.
If the replacement colis go its new springs this time.
The mechanic at Peugeot said he regularly does a pair of these 406 springs. Makes you wonder how they get away with that sort of reliability.
You don't see that on a Jap car
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