Broken suspension spring. Can't find replacememt

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Broken suspension spring. Can't find replacememt

Post by gsa60 » Wed Apr 06, 2016 1:13 pm

Hi,
I've gotten a broken suspension spring. Its on the bottom of the spring so the car is still quite driveble.
However I can't find a replacement. I'm thinking of replacing both the front springs and the back ones.
I'm looking for the closest match to the original springs but I'm only finding 40mm lowering springs. I don't want those because here on Portugal we have many driving roads made from rocks (cobble roads I think). I sometimes find some standard springs but no info if it's for the turbo version and the brand i do not recognise.
I would not mind if the car lowers a bit but not too much so comfort does not suffer much.

In my car (91 turbo b18ftm) i have original springs with a blue dot marking.

Any ideas?
Anyone knows any good online store with the springs for the car?

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Re: Broken suspension spring. Can't find replacememt

Post by jamescarruthers » Wed Apr 06, 2016 1:39 pm

Monroe made the shocks. Maybe look on their website and see if they list the springs.
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Re: Broken suspension spring. Can't find replacememt

Post by glasgowjim » Wed Apr 06, 2016 2:41 pm

What was the colour of the original springs ?

If it was black I have one spring in very good condition which is for the standard clearance and 1.7 / 2ltr NA

The turbo might have had stiffer springs I do not know if this was the case.

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Re: Broken suspension spring. Can't find replacememt

Post by Jay-Kay-Em » Wed Apr 06, 2016 2:54 pm

Ebay (UK anyway) is awash with standard springs, front & rear - from KILEN and KYB.

Lesjofors have an Online catalogue. Go to lesjofors-automotive.com and you will find the Online Catalogue link. Both 'standard' and 'lowered' springs are available and showing 'in-stock' from Lesjofors. You just need to find a Portugal distributor.

Obtain, copy and paste the Lesjofors part numbers (from the online catalogue) into google and you'll find someone local i'm sure.

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Re: Broken suspension spring. Can't find replacememt

Post by glasgowjim » Wed Apr 06, 2016 3:34 pm

Also read this thread from the late great groomus...

http://www.volvo-480-europe.org/forum/v ... 16&t=10933

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Re: Broken suspension spring. Can't find replacememt

Post by gsa60 » Wed Apr 06, 2016 8:00 pm

Hi guys,
Thanks for the help.
My issue was exactly upon seeing that exact same thread that Jim is showing. I noticed that there were a lot of variants. and looking at ebay most of the springs were rated for almost any model (air-con, non air-con, turbo, non-turbo) and since I know that the same spring does not apply to every model, that's why I was having the doubt.
I think I found what I want from the lesjofors catalog.
Thanks for the help.

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Re: Broken suspension spring. Can't find replacememt

Post by brinkie » Thu Apr 07, 2016 9:30 am

I had similar issues when replacing the springs on my 480 (2.0 ES, so non-turbo)
If you can read German, I have found them really cheap here, e.g. Monroe for around 30 Euro each.
https://www.kfzteile24.de/ersatzteile-v ... typnr=2828
but when I change from 2.0 to 1.7 Turbo engine, I get less choice
https://www.kfzteile24.de/ersatzteile-v ... typnr=2825

I have these springs on my car. They feel very much right, but then again, I have renewed just about anything in the suspension, red Koni shocks and new rubber bushings.
http://www.rendcarparts.com/volvo/parts/30.2651
http://www.rendcarparts.com/volvo/parts/3430788/30.6655

Skandix sells a 30 mm lowering kit: http://www.skandix.de/en/spare-parts/su ... m/1013133/
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