boxer 01
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- w211 e320cdi sport g7 with paddleshift
Front shockers and springs on my car needed replacement so I ordered TRW shocks and Sachs springs off Autodoc, I was going to do it myself but decided to take it to a garage as they had a pneumatic spring compressor. I decided to go and witness the process of fitting the new spring on the new shocker when I got there my mate had removed the old spring off the old shock and was measuring up the distance from bottom shocker mounting hole to spring plate, as there is adjustment grooves on the new shocker he moved the spring plate by means of a little spring clip so as both the old and the new shocker distances were the same (we did have a little chat about how a little clip can hold back so much tension) he then proceeded to compress the new spring on his machine after this he slid the shocker through the center, fitted the mounting plate and tightened up the center shaft nut. As he released the tension off the new spring the spring bedded itself and seemed fine but within a few seconds there was big bang and the bottom spring plate shot right past the little spring clip. We decided that there there was no point in carrying on as there was something seriously wrong with the adjustment clip or grooves we ended up refitting the old legs back onto car.
I have lodged a warranty claim, but would like to know if anyone else has had a similar problem, apparently most shockers have this type of adjustment.
I have lodged a warranty claim, but would like to know if anyone else has had a similar problem, apparently most shockers have this type of adjustment.