To drive or not to drive

tee_cee · 2025-03-11 11:34:04

So broken spring again. Any thoughts on driving the 2 miles to the garage?

kenbw2 · 2025-03-11 14:38:18

Yikes. Take it you don't have recovery?

tee_cee · 2025-03-11 14:52:10

I guess the danger is that the broken bit shifts and falls off.
Breakdown is probably the way to go.

kenbw2 · 2025-03-11 16:31:10

I think the bigger concern is that the lack of spring would exert force on the strut, into the strut top mount, and... well you know what's next

OAT · 2025-03-11 22:02:08

Is that not likely to skewer the tyre?

tee_cee · 2025-03-12 10:22:11

The optimist in me would say that it's only the last turn that is broken and the spring won't move in transit.
As it happens the AA guy seemed to think it was OK, and had been like that for a while, because the broken ends were rusted.

This despite the photo showing a clean end to the break and that there was a very loud ping when it went.
I wonder if the fact that he was running an hour late and had an hours travel to get home had an influence on this diagnosis.
So he suggested that I drive and he followed, which I refused several times, insisting that I was towed.

Another issue was that the transits that they use are now equipped to tow, rather than calling out a local truck. So I had to call the garage to check I could bring it in 2 days early.

kenbw2 · 2025-03-13 02:15:19

tee_cee wrote:

As it happens the AA guy seemed to think it was OK, and had been like that for a while, because the broken ends were rusted.
This despite the photo showing a clean end to the break and that there was a very loud ping when it went.
I wonder if the fact that he was running an hour late and had an hours travel to get home had an influence on this diagnosis.
So he suggested that I drive and he followed, which I refused several times, insisting that I was towed.

Yikes, I've been recovered for less than that. As if they were pushing to have you drive it! Glad to hear you managed to get it there in the end

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#1 2025-03-11 11:34:04

To drive or not to drive

#2 2025-03-11 14:38:18

Re: To drive or not to drive

#3 2025-03-11 14:52:10

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#4 2025-03-11 16:31:10

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#5 2025-03-11 22:02:08

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#6 2025-03-12 10:22:11

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#7 2025-03-13 02:15:19

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