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ben50
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broken rear spring

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hi, we are away for the weekend camping in the van at the moment. Got back from a day on the beach yesterday and the van seemed a bit lower than usual at the back. On closer inspection the rear offside spring has snapped off at the pigtail bit. So i think that now explains the strage noise like a bag of spanners (
so anyway, my question is, is it safe to drive like this? I need to drive back home from woolacome to bristol tomorrow. I didn't notice it driving any different on the way down just the spannery jangle over bumps, so maybe it'll be ok?
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yes I would say so.
It happend to me and I drove around for months before I found two good springs
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most syncros have broken there pig tails at some point, i drove for a month before i found a replacemant spring, no harm or damage was done,

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cool, that's good news. cheers for the quick replies chaps
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