How common are broken springs?
Last night I looked over the Astra SWMBO uses ('97 1.6 16v) and was very shocked to find that both springs on the front struts were broken. Both had broken the last coil on the bottom of the spring. I've no idea how long they've been like but the ends of the breaks are very rusty.
How the hell has this happened, surely the person driving at the time would have noticed one hell of a noise when they broke. My theory is that maybe they broke when a previous owner drove at speed up/down a ramp of the sort you get when the road surface has been removed.
I'm going to change the shockers at the same time so has anyone got any tips for undoing the ring nut at the top of the strut so I get can the shockers out?
Ta,