Spring busted and went into my tire! (Pics)
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Spring busted and went into my tire! (Pics)
Got in my driveway and I herd hissing. thought I ran over a nail or something. Nope! the coil broke and carved a nice gouge in the back of my tire. ![bawling](https://maxima.org/forums/images/smilies/bawling.gif)
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Ask the suspension guru in this thread
http://forums.maxima.org/5th-generat...thread-18.html
http://forums.maxima.org/5th-generat...thread-18.html
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Ask the suspension guru in this thread
http://forums.maxima.org/5th-generat...thread-18.html
http://forums.maxima.org/5th-generat...thread-18.html
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Should be good for a few more miles on that tread...
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Glad no injury to you or the car. When that happened to my dad and his Sable several years ago, his tire was not as damaged and he used a pair of vise grips to keep the spring on the strut mount until he could get to safer grounds.
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Glad no injury to you or the car. When that happened to my dad and his Sable several years ago, his tire was not as damaged and he used a pair of vise grips to keep the spring on the strut mount until he could get to safer grounds.
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Looks like the spring rusted onto the strut housing and that time was a little too much force for it to handle and it snapped. If that is an OE spring its the first time i have seen one go on the forums, if its eibachs than yea we seen stuff like this already.....@ eibachs:
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#17
Dang. I had this happen on my old Aurora. Luckily it got caught on the lower spring mount and didn't round itself around in to the tire. I had ~1/2" of clearance. cost me $120 for new front springs.
I planned on keeping my stock springs from my Maxima....but I could sell you both of them. They have 81k miles on them and in good shape. I just took them off 2 weeks ago and put lowering springs on. I suggest replacing both so they both have the same mileage on them or they 'may' make the car ride different....that is if your car has a lot more miles on it.
I planned on keeping my stock springs from my Maxima....but I could sell you both of them. They have 81k miles on them and in good shape. I just took them off 2 weeks ago and put lowering springs on. I suggest replacing both so they both have the same mileage on them or they 'may' make the car ride different....that is if your car has a lot more miles on it.
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I've had this happen with a set of Eibachs on my '89 Maxima. This has been mentioned a few times in the 5th gen forums. Spring breakage is rare but not uncommon. Mine happened on the interstate and I was able to make it home without issue. This is a great example for everyone who has ignored their suspension and live with salted roads for a good portion of the year......get your suspension inspected!
Glad you're okay! Looked like you needed tires anyway!
Glad you're okay! Looked like you needed tires anyway!
#19
Ouch man. If you lived close to me I'd give you my OEM springs that's just sitting in the driveway to be thrown away. Sorry to see that man but I guess now it's a good time to upgrade your suspension, all of them. KYB GR-2 and any lowering spring is your best band for your buck.
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I had a rear coil spring break on a 4 year old BMW 330I. It took out the sway bar link too from the drop. Funny part was, the car drove pretty much perfectly fine, aside from the noise. Dealer replaced everything under their "courtesy" warranty program.
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Crusher,
Dude, your avatars crack me the eff up! I love the boat one, I recall seeing that clip on some TV show!![laugh](https://maxima.org/forums/images/smilies/laugh.gif)
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Hey, lottery ticket time! If it was me, it would've happened in the boonies with no cell service and my spare would be flat...my luck!
Dude, your avatars crack me the eff up! I love the boat one, I recall seeing that clip on some TV show!
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Hey, lottery ticket time! If it was me, it would've happened in the boonies with no cell service and my spare would be flat...my luck!
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#31
Wow. Very interesting. Not the first time I've seen a broken OEM spring - but definitely the first time I've seen one cause that type of damage. Glad it was only the tire...one that was on its way out at that!
#32
As far as springs breaking, that's something you can't really see unless you pull them off the car ..what yearly?
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