leaning car
Posted: Mon Mar 14, 2005 4:46 pm
my car is leaning to the right on the back. wot could this be???
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Posted: Mon Mar 14, 2005 4:55 pm
knackered shocks a totaly wild guess...
Posted: 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!
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!
Posted: Mon Mar 14, 2005 6:03 pm
Broken rear spring. Yours might not be seated properly Alex.
Posted: Mon Mar 14, 2005 7:09 pm
is it anything to do with the top struts/mounts?
Posted: 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
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
Posted: 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.
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.
Posted: 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 
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 Posted: 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.
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.