Aaaaarggghhh!!

[mollins]

I just got to work this morning at 8:30, and as i was walking away from my car... i heard a cracking noicse and turned around and my car was leaning to one side... turns out my front left spring has cracked clean in half on one side!!!.. i cant believe it!!

the scary thing is i just got back from a weekend in sydney, and i drove there and back along the freeway just last night!! im just thanking god that it didnt snap when i was doin 120 down mooney mooney bridge!!!

i had heard a clicking noise in the front left previously.. and so i had pulled off my wheel and had a look... but couldn't see anything... so i just assumed it was something wierd..

btw.. these are lowered kmac springs i think... and have not been cut.. so i have no freakin idea why they snapped!

anyways.. so now im at work and its pissing down rain and i have no way of getting home.!!!

[Eddy]

Hoyhoy.
Sounds like a late Spring, because its already late Summer.
P.S. Don't get wet.

[static1800]

nothing some sticky tape and zip ties won't fix

[mikinoz]

How long have you had them? I'd suggest contacting the manufacturer as this is dangerous and they need to sort you out with a replacement 'pair' for the front.

I'm also glad it did not happen a mooney mooney!

Peace

[syncro]

btw.. these are lowered kmac springs i think... and have not been cut.. so i have no freakin idea why they snapped!

Aussie springs. That's why

[mikinoz]

A truck has allegedly just driven off mooney mooney bridge...

http://forums.vwvortex.com/zeromodify?cmd=editpost&id=35864022

[static1800]

broken link, unless your a member.

[mollins]

Aaaaaargh again!!

Replaced my springs on saturday with some King springs i had sitting round.

Everything was going well with the coil changeover taking only about 30min (with 2 of us working).. until...

i tried to start to car to go for a test drive to find an awful banging noise to accompany the engine turning over....

turns out my back engine mount (drivers side/beneath the cam pulley), had completely shat itself, casuing the whole engine to twist to one side and forwards... which means everything is banging on everything else...

oh well, i shoud get round to fixing it this week...

is there a sneaky way to change this engine mount which doesnt involve removing the whole engine?

[gtimk5]

Hi Mollins. You dont have to remove the motor to replace the mount. Remove the cam cover and belt. Undo the allen bolts on the block with a bit of a fiddle and remove the bracket. Bugger of a job but it is acheivable!

[blackgti1.8]

Helps to jack that end up a little too...
But, yes perfectly doable with engine in.
Take a good look at your knuckles before you start tho - they
won't look the same afterwards

[worm]

Dont u watch bush mechanics?
Easly fixed with some spinifex and a twig.

[ontarv]

do those allen headed bolts up tight though
i had one come out, cam belt and cam drive didn't
like it much, but only put a hole in belt scared the crap
out me though!!

[Golf Loon]

Those mounts are a bugger, but you can do it. If you change 2 of the hex bolts for 12mm bolts, you make life easier next time. 13mm are too big to get with a spanner

Change the cover for a later one, or chop the bottom half off if you have an early one.

Glad you are ok, could the spring damage have been caused by the dodgy engine mount?

[blackgti1.8]

[QUOTE=Golf Loon]

Change the cover for a later one, or chop the bottom half off if you have an early one.

QUOTE]

Why's that Matt?
I notice the cover on my GTI is different to the ones I remember - it wraps around the bottom of the crank pulley. It looks like you need to pull the crank pully off to get the cover off - don't look look like a step forward to me
The old one you could get off easily...

[ontarv]

i had my mount made
yet to try it though

cost me about $70 at local engineer