General help please

[pinkbay]

hey guys just in proses of fixing my punto and its almost there i want to lower it but i will need it to be on the road before i get it done
and i have noticed that when i turn the steering wheel i think half a turn from straight both directions the o/s front suspension spring is moving and makes 'boing' noise does anybody have any clue what could be wrong with it
please help
cheers
adam

 

[MikeSalt]

Sounds like the spring is not seated properly on either the top or bottom mount. Get a torch and check the seating on the mounts. There should be a notch in which the end of the spring sits. If it is not seated correctly, you'll need coil compressors to compress the spring and re-seat it.

It may even be that your spring has cracked, or part of it has broken off completely. If so, you need a new spring.

 

[pinkbay]

Sounds like the spring is not seated properly on either the top or bottom mount. Get a torch and check the seating on the mounts. There should be a notch in which the end of the spring sits. If it is not seated correctly, you'll need coil compressors to compress the spring and re-seat it.

It may even be that your spring has cracked, or part of it has broken off completely. If so, you need a new spring.

Thanks i will have a look
What confuses me though
Is that i havnt driven it since december its just been sitting there
thanks
Adam

 

[karbineftw]

Sounds like the spring is not seated properly on either the top or bottom mount. Get a torch and check the seating on the mounts. There should be a notch in which the end of the spring sits. If it is not seated correctly, you'll need coil compressors to compress the spring and re-seat it.

It may even be that your spring has cracked, or part of it has broken off completely. If so, you need a new spring.

This point may be completely irrelevent, but before I put my springs/shocks back on the car, mine had swivelled slightly, out of the seatings like you say, I just put some gloves on that gripped well and it swivelled around back into it's seating, I think it's irrelevant because that was because I had lowering springs and they were shorter/easier to swivell

 

[MikeSalt]

You're right there Dan, lowered springs will have less compression on the seat, unless you use shortened dampers of course. The fact that you needed gloves though suggests that there is still enough tension for the 50mm drop, which is what I was wondering in another thread.

Adam, if it has been sitting there, first try giving the top mount a good soaking with penetrating lubricant. The mk2s have that silly cup on the top mount that just allows ay water to sit there rusting the swivel bushing.

 

[stevielank89]

Hi,

I have just recently noticed a problem with my speakers as they cannot reach full potential in bass as they used to, i wasnt sure whether it was the wires connecting into the speakers of the speaker itself, therefore i purchased some brand new mutant speakers and fitted them however having the same problem. Does this meen its the wires connecting into the speakers that are faulty? as i have got some new wires with the speakers, somebody please help me out here.

Steve

 

[midget4hire]

Hi,

I have just recently noticed a problem with my speakers as they cannot reach full potential in bass as they used to, i wasnt sure whether it was the wires connecting into the speakers of the speaker itself, therefore i purchased some brand new mutant speakers and fitted them however having the same problem. Does this meen its the wires connecting into the speakers that are faulty? as i have got some new wires with the speakers, somebody please help me out here.

Steve

You should probably start a thread for this

 

[stevielank89]

i have lol but nobody has replied

Steve

 

[rallycinq]

Thanks i will have a look
What confuses me though
Is that i havnt driven it since december its just been sitting there
thanks
Adam

Could be a seized top mount. Pop the strut off to check.

Cheers

SPD

 

[pinkbay]

hey thanks for the replies how would i go about checking the top mount and take off the strut??
thanks
adam