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Broken Snapped Rear Coil Spring

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Center Gravity offer a health check which might be worth doing to find out what actually needs doing?

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Replace lower suspension parts

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You usually end up changing lower suspension parts on the rear due to the eccentric bolts seizing up and not cos they're worn.

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Replace on the rear like they do

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As a rule, top mounts don't need replacing on the rear like they do on the front as they're not twisting all the time as the rear wheels don't turn and are fixed.

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Replace spring

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Which items should I replace whilst changing the spring?

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Replace springs and see what comes of stripping it down

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Personally with that mileage I'd just change the springs and see what comes of stripping it down to do it.

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Center Gravity offer a health check which might be worth doing to find out what actually needs doing?

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Replace lower suspension parts

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You usually end up changing lower suspension parts on the rear due to the eccentric bolts seizing up and not cos they're worn.

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Replace on the rear like they do

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As a rule, top mounts don't need replacing on the rear like they do on the front as they're not twisting all the time as the rear wheels don't turn and are fixed.

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Replace spring

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Which items should I replace whilst changing the spring?

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Replace springs and see what comes of stripping it down

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Personally with that mileage I'd just change the springs and see what comes of stripping it down to do it.

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Which items should I replace whilst changing the spring?

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POST 1 / ORIGINAL POSTEROriginal post

I pulled out the 996 cabriolet after 5 months and after a couple of minutes I heard after clunk from the rear end... Result my near side rear spring is broken! Without doing a full suspension refresh what makes most sense? Which items should I replace whilst changing the spring? :?:

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How old is the current suspension/arms? Sorry if teaching you to suck eggs but remember it's always worth doing suspension in pairs with the opposite side of the car.

POST 3 / ORIGINAL POSTEROriginal post

It's all the original factory suspension, 2005 with 59k miles. No worries, will be doing both sides at the same time.

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The coffin arms and dogdones and top mounts, basically anything with rubber bushes is the often touted advice. Center Gravity offer a health check which might be worth doing to find out what actually needs doing?

POST 5 / ORIGINAL POSTEROriginal post

I taken it to CG before it's a 2hr drive.. I don't want to drive it with a broken spring. Do just the Strut top mounts & Bump Stops make sense? Otherwise it feels like a full suspension refresh, which I'm not keen on just yet.

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Yeah, new top mounts and bump stops with the new springs is going to give you all you need for now. If you need to do arms and bushes later that is a separate thing anyway.

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As a rule, top mounts don't need replacing on the rear like they do on the front as they're not twisting all the time as the rear wheels don't turn and are fixed. Personally with that mileage I'd just change the springs and see what comes of stripping it down to do it. You usually end up changing lower suspension parts on the rear due to the eccentric bolts seizing up and not cos they're worn.

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