I recently got new front springs put in my car and now im having problems going over bumps (banging noise) I took it back to the garage and they said i need new shock absorbers. I never had any problems like this before i changed the springs. Could it be caused by changing the springs? Would the garage have touched the shock absorbers when changing the springs and maybe damaged them?|||Depends on the make and model of you car?Most cars have struts,which is the shocker is in the centre, and the road spring is fitted onto it.May not have been reassembled properly?Look for any leaks as shockers have oil in them?A second opinion would also help you.Hope this helps|||The nut that hold the springs on is connected to the front Shock absorbers so they must have touched them!
That doesn%26#039;t mean to say the shocks were damaged by the mechanics though!|||They might have touched them, but there%26#039;s very little they could do to sabotage them in any way. A regular problem with car%26#039;s is... When you repair the weakest part, the next weakest part breaks, and so on.
Why did you need new springs ? Apart from actual metal fatigue breakage, I%26#039;ve never needed to replace one.
Can you get a second opinion anywhere ?|||The shock is a great solid metal tube so %26quot;touching%26quot; it wont damage them unless they took them off and maybe bent them on purpose in a vice or threw them around the place, they are pretty sturdy items and quite solid, being they take the weight of your car and yourselves all the time touching them will not damage them.
Unless the springs are not fitted back on correctly i would suggest the problem was both the shocks and the springs at the time and both actually needed changing...you can change the spring without changing the shock most of the time but eventually the shocks will go for all the weight they carry.
