Disaster struck last night driving home from Hampshire - noticed an occassionaly loud knocking coming from the right rear wheel. Loud knocking then turned into a loud metallic rattle, so pulled over to have a look and the rear damper had sheared from its top mount :shock:
I had ACS suspension fitted only 9 months ago and was shocked to see this happen, especially when I haven't driven over anything that should cause such a failure.
I'm absolutely gutted now because it's almost certainly not going to be ready to drive to Le Mans tomorrow morning. The job to fix shouldn't be big, but finding a replacement Bilstein shock for an MC will probably take a while - it took 2 weeks for my ACS kit to arrive.
I used BMW emergency services (through my EW) to collect me and deliver the car to Cooper Wimbledon this morning but all they're offering me as a replacement to take to France is a vauxhall hire car through Enterprise Car Rental :!: Will speak to Coopers in a short while to find out what the score is.
Why this had to happen 2 days before Le Mans I do not know. :cry:
I had ACS suspension fitted only 9 months ago and was shocked to see this happen, especially when I haven't driven over anything that should cause such a failure.
I'm absolutely gutted now because it's almost certainly not going to be ready to drive to Le Mans tomorrow morning. The job to fix shouldn't be big, but finding a replacement Bilstein shock for an MC will probably take a while - it took 2 weeks for my ACS kit to arrive.
I used BMW emergency services (through my EW) to collect me and deliver the car to Cooper Wimbledon this morning but all they're offering me as a replacement to take to France is a vauxhall hire car through Enterprise Car Rental :!: Will speak to Coopers in a short while to find out what the score is.
Why this had to happen 2 days before Le Mans I do not know. :cry:
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