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- R129 1990 SL 300..
I have just upgraded the head and foglights on my SL129 and generally spent an afternoon's tlc with some spanners and noticed that the front O/S road spring was bowed when the car was jacked up but regains its normal shape when off the jack ,tried the N/S front road spring and it is its normal shape ie straight whether the car is jacked up or not . The O/S spring was replaced 18 months ago because it was broken on about the last 2 inches of the spring at the bottom .
There are no breaks in any of the springs, the car is level , it drives ok and it has only just passed the MOT .
It doesn't look right but cant see any problem other than the bowed shape when the O/S front is jacked up .
Anybody any ideas as to why this should be as its puzzling me now.
There are no breaks in any of the springs, the car is level , it drives ok and it has only just passed the MOT .
It doesn't look right but cant see any problem other than the bowed shape when the O/S front is jacked up .
Anybody any ideas as to why this should be as its puzzling me now.