Well apparently they're quite common on the Tauruses in the rust belt. There was a recall on this car about 10 years ago, which this car had but all they did was bolt a plastic deflector shield around the strut where the bottom of the spring sits in the front. Apparently quite a few shoot off while driving at speed and shred tires.....
As soon as I got into the brakes, I realized the rears were broke and assumed all 4 was so I bought a new set of Intrax springs.... So far I've managed to get 3 in. One to go!!!! I know the last one is broke, but laughed when I pulled the one out yesterday which was fine. I'm thinking I should sell it on Ebay as the strongest Taurus spring evar!
What's odd is the one good one was the passenger front. I would have assumed since we drive on the right side of the road and with puddles and stuff that it would have broken before the others.... but apparently not. I can only assume the only reason this one survived is the lack of a passenger weight???
Anyhow.... The new springs are about twice the gauge of the factory ones.... So this should not be a problem ever again.... I imagine the springs will outlast the car....
I'll try to post pictures if I ever get the thing finished... but I gave up on the write up after replacing brake pads turned into replacing the entire freaking suspension and brakes.
BTW, love that scene.... love it.
November 23rd, 2009, 8:46 am