Twanging Spring

[zorgman]

mate done my n/s top bearing and rubber donut but now the springs twanging on lock to lock as tho bearing seized is it possible to

A reassemble it incorrectly

B lubricate the bearing by taking off top nut and metal dish to put oil in will this work

any ideas as its only 5 mths old wouldnt have thought its demise would be so quick, open to ideas as thats about as far as i can to rectify fault with the oil due to ill health

[chrispb123456]

Broken spring maybe, not had this on a Galaxy but spring had broke and broken bit was sticking out and catching the inner wing panel.

It wasn't that obvious, no visible change in ride height

From memory I don't think you can put it back together wrong

[sparky Paul]

It is possible to fit the bearing to the strut upside down, but it 's very obvious that it's wrong when you put the bush and bearing together. Additionally, this would have caused a problem from day one, rather than 5 months later.

 

Broken spring is certainly possible, the top coil snaps off leaving the rest of the spring sat on the suspension turret, rather than the strut top seat and bearing. This gives the exact symptom described, and any drop in ride height on one side tends to be levelled out by the antiroll bar, making it less obvious.

 

Probably less likely, but maybe the bearings were dry when fitted and one's finally given up?

[zorgman]

thanks for info. when im upto it going to av a look at spring and see if i can get som oil down there to dot know if oil wil get at bearing seem to think its below rubber bush and is a 2rs sealed unit

[sparky Paul]

Just have a feel, make sure there's clearance between the wide part of the spring at the top and the underside of the strut turret.

 

The thrust bearing sits up inside the the bush, with the seal on the underside IIRC, so there's no access to the bearing surfaces from above and no point squirting any oil down there. The only chance of getting any lube in is to jack the corner up so the strut drops down, just giving tight access to the top bush. You might get a spray lube with a long pipe on the nozzle up into the bearing.