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[nero161]

hi
has anyone any idea where i can get a set of heavy duty rear spring from as i was towing our off road jeep today and broke a rear spring.
thanks in advance

[Marks DTM Calib]

I am not aware of any......the ones fitted are pretty butch and at the end of the day are designed to accept the weight of a fully loaded car plus a 75Kg max tow bar nose weight.

[TheBoy]

hi
has anyone any idea where i can get a set of heavy duty rear spring from as i was towing our off road jeep today and broke a rear spring.
thanks in advance

Just replace. They are known to corrode a bit after a few years and break anyway...

[nero161]

ok i will fit a new set

thanks for your help

[Marks DTM Calib]

Get them from your local factors though....much cheaper.

[bigall]

If still concerned about soogy rear end springing when towing try using rubber spring assistors I have used them on my Omega when towing gives a really firm ride and lifts the rear of the car 4 cm. Takes about an hour to put on (slips between the coil of the rear spring) and about half that to take off -could leave them on if your rear passengers don't mind a firmer ride in the back

[omegaV6CD]

As Mark suggested go to the local motor factors, try to get KYB as they do the complete part number range. There are i think 3 different types depending on your chassy number. There are the early softer ones(Nreg etc). Later harder ones(e.g T reg). and the heavy duty as used on the police cars.
So be carefull what they give you look at the KYB catalogue by yourself(if you ask them politely).
I think mine were arround 60ish £ both.

[nero161]

thanks alot for your help

[jonathanh]

I'm not sure who is the O/E manufacturer for Vauxhall for springs but I know Sach make shock absorbers for them.

THe sach- Boge cataloge is on line at

http://www.sachs-boge.co.uk/

and lists 3 types of spring:

Heavy duty
standard
self levelling

I guess KYB do the same

[Marks DTM Calib]

KYB is on of the OEM suppliers of springs.....

[nixoro]

Just changed a couple of springs that were bought from Issunaz right pain fitting them seriously suggest getting your hands on a pair of coils spring clamps as they would have made life a hell of alot easier when fittting.

[nero161]

found these on e-bay will they be ok?
my car is a 2.2 cdx saloon on a 2000 plate
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ih=012&item=220039274434&rd=1&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWA%3AIT&rd=1

[nixoro]

found these on e-bay will they be ok?
my car is a 2.2 cdx saloon on a 2000 plate
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ih=012&item=220039274434&rd=1&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWA%3AIT&rd=1

Looks ok but isn't this for a 2.0 not a 2.2 or does your chassis number match?

[jonathanh]

Just changed a couple of springs that were bought from Issunaz right pain fitting them seriously suggest getting your hands on a pair of coils spring clamps as they would have made life a hell of alot easier when fittting.

Not sure about this - I needed compressors when i changed mine but that's because I did not know how to release the brake pipes from the floor pan.  If you can do this the job is pretty simple:

a) drop the exhaust off the rubber mounts but do not take off completely - support with wire  NOTE:  my exhaust was on its last legs and broke at this stage

b) undo four subframe mounts at the rear of the diff + unclip the ABS sensors. support the diff with a trolley jack

c) unclip the brake pipes from the floor pan

d) lower subframe and you are there!

If like me you could not free the brake pipes from the floor pan, you may need the compressors to squeeze an inch or two but that's about it.

There was a trail on this about a couple of weeks ago and someone kindly gave more info about freeing the brake pipes.  Sorry can't help here as I didn't manage it

[nixoro]

Just changed a couple of springs that were bought from Issunaz right pain fitting them seriously suggest getting your hands on a pair of coils spring clamps as they would have made life a hell of alot easier when fittting.

Not sure about this - I needed compressors when i changed mine but that's because I did not know how to release the brake pipes from the floor pan.  If you can do this the job is pretty simple:

a) drop the exhaust off the rubber mounts but do not take off completely - support with wire  NOTE:  my exhaust was on its last legs and broke at this stage

b) undo four subframe mounts at the rear of the diff + unclip the ABS sensors. support the diff with a trolley jack

c) unclip the brake pipes from the floor pan

d) lower subframe and you are there!

If like me you could not free the brake pipes from the floor pan, you may need the compressors to squeeze an inch or two but that's about it.

There was a trail on this about a couple of weeks ago and someone kindly gave more info about freeing the brake pipes.  Sorry can't help here as I didn't manage it

I had the same thing happen in the end I managed it without releasing the brake lines but all the same it worked with no brake line breakages so i guess i was lucky.

Did the above when doing mine minus the brakeline removal, just took the flexihose to the max to allow for the change over.