Angie's '05 VW Golf had that happen on both front springs. On that car the springs are part of the struts which makes compressing the spring even a bit more exciting. I just replaced the entire unit which wasn't a whole lot more expensive than just the spring itself.
-Curt On Sunday, June 25, 2023 at 10:37:16 PM EDT, dan penoff.com via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: The Tommymobile, the 1998 S420 I bought from Tommy in St. Louis, had a broken "tail" on the right front spring. It was the last 2" or so at the bottom where it broke. That was weird, I can only imagine the paint got scratched or something and it corroded and weakened the steel? If you have the correct spring compressor it's not a bad job. -D ________________________________ From: Mercedes <mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com> on behalf of Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> Sent: Sunday, June 25, 2023 10:31 PM To: Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes@okiebenz.com> Cc: Buggered Benzmail <buggeredbenzm...@gmail.com> Subject: Re: [MBZ] 1994 S500 coupe - 159k miles - $8,850 That’s not too bad, springs aren’t that much, probably not too hard a job --FT Sent from iFōn > On Jun 25, 2023, at 10:17 PM, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes > <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > In other words, a money pit. > >> On Sun, Jun 25, 2023, 10:03 PM mitch--- via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> >> wrote: >> >>> On 2023-06-25 21:50, Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes wrote: >>> Air or hydraulic shocks? Looks pretty nice but price is high if it >>> needs some expensive parts and has body issues >>> >> >> Probably rear only SLS and broken steel springs up front. >> Both front springs on my 1997 SEL were in 3-4 pieces at about that >> mileage. >> Sedan 500 front springs were made of heavier wire than 300-420 springs, >> I assumed the problem with my 420 was it had 300 springs and thick >> rubber shims with an engine that weighed as much as a 500. >> >> I don't know what spring specifications / part numbers are on the >> coupes. >> >> _______________________________________ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >> >> > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
