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Hi All,

There is a plastic spring carrier ? that sits under the rear suspension spring, above the plate on the trailing arm, i need to get a couple but cannot for the life of me remmember what the heck it is called, makes searching the web very tough....... I'm sure someone will have either a manual and can look in or just know off the top of their head. Thanks all

According to the Bentley manual it should be the "lower spring seat"

I had this very issue a while back. As folk know, I'm a great believer in using whats been thrown. You can use the side out of an old but sturdy plastic water container as its polythene and other than being white, almost identical to whats there. Even a new water container doesn't cost that much and its not hard to pick up a container like that, no longer wanted. I see them all the time. Just cut to shape. Will outlive you probably. Use some dividers if you want to be precise - I found a food plate that was about right size and cut round that then made a smaller hole for centre.

Other things that 'spring' to mind are £1 shop hot water bottles. Pair of scissors and you can make two rather good spring seats, plus you have a choice of colours too - red, blue, yellow, green.....

For goodness sake don't bother ordering one. Just not worth it. My rear springs sit on a former plastic water tank. They're just there to reduce friction and stop any rattles.

Awesome advice loving it. OK Im going to have a look around the shed, there must be something kicking around i can use. Thanks great advice.

CovKid wrote:... Other things that 'spring' to mind.....