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Old 04-29-2005, 02:21 PM
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W124 Broken Front Coil Spring

whilst doing some usual poking around and checking under the car I noticed my right (driver's side) front spring has a break in the last winding. I checked the other side and it's fine, but the right one is definately snapped. There's still a decent amount (at least half) the bottom winding attached to the control arm- should it be ok to run the car like this for a short time until I get in in for service as long as I don't go off-roading? I don't feel any difference in the feel/handling and I see it's mentioned in the service notes for the 124.
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1993 320TE M104
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1983 230E W123 M102
1994 E300D S124 OM606 (x2)
1967 250SE W108 M129
1972 280se 3.5 W108 M116
1980 280SE W116 M110
1980 350SE W116 M116
1992 300E W124 M103
1994 E280 W124 M104
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