On 19 Apr 2005 12:55:43 GMT, "TeGGer®" <tegger@tegger.c0m> wrote:

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

It's possible that you had one of the nicks mentioned by Jim Beam in the
epoxy.

--
Rgds, George Macdonald