leaning car

m193twa · Post by **m193twa** » Mon Mar 14, 2005 4:46 pm

my car is leaning to the right on the back. wot could this be???

DanW · Post by **DanW** » Mon Mar 14, 2005 4:55 pm

knackered shocks a totaly wild guess...

Krupa · Post by **Krupa** » Mon Mar 14, 2005 5:21 pm

Join the club, there are loads of Polos which do the same.

I've replaced the rear springs on mine, which did sweet f**k all and cost me a fair amount. Shocks, I haven't tried those but I keep being told that a knackered shock can't be to blame.

I don't understand!!!

If you find the solution, please tell me!

hardhitter · Post by **hardhitter** » Mon Mar 14, 2005 6:03 pm

Broken rear spring. Yours might not be seated properly Alex.

DanW · Post by **DanW** » Mon Mar 14, 2005 7:09 pm

is it anything to do with the top struts/mounts?

pete69zx · Post by **pete69zx** » Mon Mar 14, 2005 8:04 pm

I'm 99.9% certain it will be a broken rear spring causing this

My blue CL when i got it had one broken (they go near the top & you cant always see them so clearly untill you have removed them).

Also the silver CL had 2 snapped rear springs aswell

As Haysey says.. it could be that the spring isnt seating in the rubber locator that sits right @ the top inside the rear arch

Krupa · Post by **Krupa** » Mon Mar 14, 2005 11:04 pm

Bloody hell, I wish I had half an ounce of mechanical ability I'd take it off myself and check.

I've got an incling it's the rubber mount at the top, might not even have one!

I don't trust myself to dismantle important parts of a car like suspension without someone knowledgeable nearby, so I'm gonna have to take it to a garage again.

I'll get it looked at when it goes in to have the new brakes fitted - a job I'd do myself if I had the time.

Life's a pain.

GroovyCarrot · Post by **GroovyCarrot** » Mon Mar 14, 2005 11:12 pm

Rear suspension is a piece of cake to remove / refit (at least it is on the mk2 golf, and I presume that the polo is pretty much the same) - pretty much just unbolts top and bottom and pulls out

Front suspension I can understand you not wanting to tackle though, that's a right bugger, lengthy and plenty of things to get wrong. I wouldn't be worried by the rear though if I were you

amstrange1 · Post by **amstrange1** » Mon Mar 14, 2005 11:37 pm

Alex - are they Spax springs that are on your car by any chance?

I noticed when we did the rears on Yoof's car at the weekend that his Spax springs didn't fit into the rubber cups very well at all. They were a very tight fit, and it took a lot of fiddling to get the spring seated properly in the rubber.