George Macdonald <fammacd=!SPAM^nothanks@tellurian.com> wrote in
news:evp561ts07tcmjkecn7at6src6idb5cu9t@4ax.com:


> The break often happens on a violent bump but the root cause is
> usually weakening of the metal due to corrosion where water/salt gets
> through a hole in the epoxy coating of the spring. The upper spring
> seat has a rubber doughnut in it so there's no wear of the epoxy
> there. I've heard of the upper end going



That's where mine broke.

And mine were silent; no *doink* noise. Never even knew until I checked
than at the next brake service.

It's funny, but the replacement springs now have more miles and years on
them than the originals that broke. I wonder if Honda fixed a quality
problem somewhere...

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