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Hi All
I'm new to the forum so Hello!
I'm running a 2011 ZETEC 1.6 WT (manufactured in Thailand not Germany)
MNBJXXARJJBT63835
Ride is compromised at the front - very bouncy and damper testing the front end does not return the car to level. i.e the top of the front tyres is pretty much level with the wheel arch. Its also very bouncy at low speed and hard over bumps etc.
I have had a look underneath and both of the concertina gaiters at the top of the struts are stuffed - about 3 pieces on each ide and i can physically put my hand in and move the bump stop up and down. I suspect that the pistons will travel into the cylinder on the strut but are not then returning, thus the car is lower at the front and the damper not absorbing the bumps - thus, the struts are stuffed and i need a new pair plus a new set of the dust gaiters? Springs seem to be AOK - no rattle or movement so doesn't look like a snapped spring and the strut mountings seems OK, but I've not taken the struts out yet
Any advice / feedback gratefully received
Cheers
Grant
I'm new to the forum so Hello!
I'm running a 2011 ZETEC 1.6 WT (manufactured in Thailand not Germany)
MNBJXXARJJBT63835
Ride is compromised at the front - very bouncy and damper testing the front end does not return the car to level. i.e the top of the front tyres is pretty much level with the wheel arch. Its also very bouncy at low speed and hard over bumps etc.
I have had a look underneath and both of the concertina gaiters at the top of the struts are stuffed - about 3 pieces on each ide and i can physically put my hand in and move the bump stop up and down. I suspect that the pistons will travel into the cylinder on the strut but are not then returning, thus the car is lower at the front and the damper not absorbing the bumps - thus, the struts are stuffed and i need a new pair plus a new set of the dust gaiters? Springs seem to be AOK - no rattle or movement so doesn't look like a snapped spring and the strut mountings seems OK, but I've not taken the struts out yet
Any advice / feedback gratefully received
Cheers
Grant