Spanner110
29th Oct 2007, 19:36
Well I'm fed up with it now. MrsSpanners disco is playing up.
Went for a drive to the local forest on Sunday, a short hop of about 40 miles, have the entire spanner family on board, including the three dogs, Halfway there Babyspanner announces that the dog has been sick!!, ten miles farther on 'Da, the dogs yakked again', six miles later...... Jaysus, is there anything left inside that Feckin animal?????
It was after thinking what could has precipitated this, i noticed the pitching and rolling of the vehicle, and everytime i hit an undulation in the road, the back of the car would bounce around like a witches boobs!
When i checked, i found that both shock absorbers were completely Banjaxed. so we were riding the springs only. I would normally accept this and replace them. Except this pair had been fitted only 3 months ago, were brand new, stored correctly and primed before use. They are the Armstrong make and allegedly were the uprated type (according to the code stamp, this would certainly ring true) and the price was definately uprated, €50 each.
I've had these before and been happy with them, so why would these ones be duff. considering that the vehicle is MrsSpanners daily work vehicle and never goes off road. Also worth noting, that it has never been overloaded with anything heavier than shopping, guns and ammunition.
Is it just me being fussy, or is it a Discovery trait! Has anyone had similar problems with theirs.
More importantly, can anyone suggest a reliable make of shock absorber that will do its job without breaking the bank!
Went for a drive to the local forest on Sunday, a short hop of about 40 miles, have the entire spanner family on board, including the three dogs, Halfway there Babyspanner announces that the dog has been sick!!, ten miles farther on 'Da, the dogs yakked again', six miles later...... Jaysus, is there anything left inside that Feckin animal?????
It was after thinking what could has precipitated this, i noticed the pitching and rolling of the vehicle, and everytime i hit an undulation in the road, the back of the car would bounce around like a witches boobs!
When i checked, i found that both shock absorbers were completely Banjaxed. so we were riding the springs only. I would normally accept this and replace them. Except this pair had been fitted only 3 months ago, were brand new, stored correctly and primed before use. They are the Armstrong make and allegedly were the uprated type (according to the code stamp, this would certainly ring true) and the price was definately uprated, €50 each.
I've had these before and been happy with them, so why would these ones be duff. considering that the vehicle is MrsSpanners daily work vehicle and never goes off road. Also worth noting, that it has never been overloaded with anything heavier than shopping, guns and ammunition.
Is it just me being fussy, or is it a Discovery trait! Has anyone had similar problems with theirs.
More importantly, can anyone suggest a reliable make of shock absorber that will do its job without breaking the bank!