Rustproof the rear of a front-wheel-drive Ford
Nov 27, 2020
4 minutes
Words and Photos Rob Hawkins
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Front-wheel-drive (FWD) Fords ranging from a Fiesta to a Mondeo all seem to suffer from corrosion in the rear suspension. One of the biggest threats concerns the rear coil springs, especially those that are separate to the telescopic damper. They usually sit on a spring pan, which may be part of a lower suspension arm, or part of a beam and trailing arm set-up. Whatever the arrangement, those spring pans often fill up with dirt and water, so they eventually corrode. At worst, the coil spring becomes dislodged or even fractured because it too has rotted away.
Taking the approach that prevention is better than cure, the following steps show how to rust protect these spring
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