Re: [doc] Twang!

[Martin Gutkowski - DMC Ltd <martin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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>
>I was driving home today and heard a loud "twang" from the front of the car
>as if something had snapped.  There was no change in the steering and the
>car did not pull to one side when braking.
>
The springs are notorious for thumping and banging for no apparent 
reason esp if you have fitted lowered ones (not the springs fault, just 
pot lunk on the position they're installed in, in a rotational sense!). 
I've known one broken front spring, and it's the only one Chrispy has 
ever seen as well. Disclaimer applies :-)

>On getting home I had a look around and the only thing I thought didn’t look
>right was how low the speedo cable was hanging down (I had never noticed it
>before)
>
You have a fairly low vin number and later cars have a shorter cable. 
Strictly IMO the "upgraded" bracket is a waste of time. I bought one and 
it snapped about 2000 miles later. I've used two zip-ties onto the brake 
hard line right next to it (not tightly, just to prevent the cable from 
flexing at the "shoulder") and never had any issues since. That hard 
line is only short and very tough as it's held squarely at both ends.

>Pps:
>Only back on the road the past fortnight and I nearly re-worked the front of
>the car when an Audi pulled out in front of me from a car park without
>looking right.  I had just come off a roundabout so had not been on the road
>when he had first looked.  The tyres screeching the car to a halt is not a
>sound I want to hear often (although much prefer it to the sound of
>stainless steel stopping me).  The funny thing was as he acknowledged the
>mistake and mouthed sorry you could see on his face he was thinking - "ahh
>it’s a Delorean, of all the cars to crash into!!!!!!!"  lol. 
>
Well I had AXA on the phone earlier - not everyone is as lucky :-(

Martin
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