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Title: van full of water&speed bumps...!!!
Post by: dazmond on May 13, 2010, 09:52:13 am: have any of you guys had any problems with your van suspension as a result of going over speed bumps with all that water in the back?

fingers crossed ill get my van back today.i damaged mine going too fast over one WITHOUT any weight in the back!!

ill be certainly taking it easy from now on!(with or without water in the back!)
Title: Re: van full of water&speed bumps...!!!
Post by: wpclean on May 13, 2010, 10:04:33 am: http://www.samaritans.org/
Title: Re: van full of water&speed bumps...!!!
Post by: Window Washers on May 13, 2010, 10:05:10 am: Quote from: wpclean on May 13, 2010, 10:04:33 am
http://www.samaritans.org/
;D
Title: Re: van full of water&speed bumps...!!!
Post by: supernova77 on May 13, 2010, 10:07:59 am: Quote
fingers crossed ill get my van back today.i damaged mine going too fast over one WITHOUT any weight in the back!!

How fast were you going in order to damage your suspension by just going over a speed bump ???

Andy
Title: Re: van full of water&speed bumps...!!!
Post by: dazmond on May 13, 2010, 10:08:39 am: ha!ha!just you wait boyo!!what goes around comes around!! ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

ill be up and running by tommorrow at last!!
Title: Re: van full of water&speed bumps...!!!
Post by: dazmond on May 13, 2010, 10:12:34 am: andy about 15 mph!theres load of em near where my girlfriend lives!maybe i should dump the girlfriend and get one who lives in A HUMP FREE ZONE!!! ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

errr........not that kind though!! ;D ;D
Title: Re: van full of water&speed bumps...!!!
Post by: chris@c.m.s on May 13, 2010, 10:24:52 am: I had to have my rear springs replaced last year probably due to speed humps but admittedly I don't tend to slow down much for them, I think I only paid around about £100 as my son gets my parts trade then fits them for me.
Title: Re: van full of water&speed bumps...!!!
Post by: Paul Coleman on May 13, 2010, 10:39:30 am: I needed something done to my suspension at the last MOT. Nothing major though. No idea if it was humps that caused it. Mind you, it had done about 81,000 at the time and much of that was heavily loaded so can't complain really.
Title: Re: van full of water&speed bumps...!!!
Post by: daz1977 on May 13, 2010, 03:29:32 pm: i change a 400 lit system down to a 250 lit sys in an escort 55 van, as i replaced my shocks and didnt want them to go again, i replaced them as i had the money as they where probably ok, and i was just carrying to much water

if ur shocks went at 15 mph tehy must of been knackered before mate
Title: Re: van full of water&speed bumps...!!!
Post by: Moderator David@stives on May 13, 2010, 03:40:38 pm: Both my springs snapped on my 3 year old WW T5, it has a 1.4 carrying capacity and we never carry more than 600kg in it.
Title: Re: van full of water&speed bumps...!!!
Post by: tomy jackson on May 13, 2010, 03:45:12 pm: and wot abute the fat lad driveing it ;D ;D
Title: Re: van full of water&speed bumps...!!!
Post by: Tom White on May 13, 2010, 04:43:51 pm: Quote from: tomy jackson on May 13, 2010, 03:45:12 pm
and wot abute the fat lad driveing it ;D ;D
;D
Title: Re: van full of water&speed bumps...!!!
Post by: [GQC] Tim on May 13, 2010, 04:44:54 pm: My coil spring broke. It's a common thing when the weather is cold and they are old.
Title: Re: van full of water&speed bumps...!!!
Post by: dazmond on May 13, 2010, 07:51:40 pm: blue monkey it was the rear torsion bar inside the axle that snapped when i went over the hump!all sorted now! ;D ;D ;Dnew axle and cambelt.BACK IN BUSINESS!! :D :D :D