broken coil

[Oldfart]

came home to this- I have been hearing a thumping sound from front end- it has been in shop twice and I spent an hour looking my self- now I know. Let loose in driveway.
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I missed this thread when you first posted. That had to be a giant WTF moment when you see your truck like that, and it's just been sitting in your driveway!

 

[Small Town Raptor]

Thread risen from the dead. My 2019 just had this happen - driver side. Sitting at supper last night, my alarm was triggered. Fordpass said the inclinometer warning went off (part of the anti-theft). I quickly went outside and saw this. Spring snapped and remainder jumped the shock perch. 63000km on the truck, never offroaded.

 

[Sig Fanboy]

Thread risen from the dead. My 2019 just had this happen - driver side. Sitting at supper last night, my alarm was triggered. Fordpass said the inclinometer warning went off (part of the anti-theft). I quickly went outside and saw this. Spring snapped and remainder jumped the shock perch. 63000km on the truck, never offroaded.View attachment 417146View attachment 417147

That is indeed strange. Did it catch any wiring or hoses?

 

[New recaros]

Did the spring actually break like two pieces? Or did it just stretch over the collar?

 

[Small Town Raptor]

The spring actually broke. You can see the remaining piece still on the shock collar, just below the "B" sticker. Here is a close up where it shows the point of failure. The main portion of the spring that slipped over was resting on the live valve solenoid wire, but I didn't see any further damage.

 

[New recaros]

Do you have a big college near you? If so, see if they would evaluate how it broke. Metallurgy can tell what type of failure, created the weak spot. We would send stuff to CU boulder years ago.

 

[blwn]

It looks like half of the broken spring end is rusted like it's been partially broken for a while

 

[1BAD454SSv2]

Wow looks like it was cracked for a bit with rust on half the coil . When i change oil i put driver side wheel up on one ramp, guess i will start putting jack stand as well .

 

[New recaros]

Wow looks like it was cracked for a bit with rust on half the coil . When i change oil i put driver side wheel up on one ramp, guess i will start putting jack stand as well .

Why do you put the drivers side up when you change oil?

 

[1BAD454SSv2]

Why do you put the drivers side up when you change oil?

To Tilt truck to passenger side, oil plug on pass side also to slide my fat a.z.z. under . i Use jack to lift drivers side up place ramp under drivers wheel an lower . Then do my oil change . When i'm done , I back down the ramp . Easiest way for me . My gen 1 is tall enough can do oil change as it sits .