er...rear diff...coil or leaf springs ??????..

emmaBZ

HI hubby just bought a 1995 vauxhall frontera sport.... needs rear differential replacing but when i tryed to order one was told i need to find out if it got COIL or LEAF springs ....? ? ? how do i find that out... where do i need to look ??? sorry having a " blonde " day !!!! :rotfl:

tanith

Have you tried looking in the Manual that may have come with the car.. if not try going to Vauxhalls own website they might have the info..... failing that ring your local vauxhall dealer they surely will know....

ariba10

Leaf springs are long and flat. Coil springs are as they are called, in a coil.

philhuff

If it's a 2.2 petrol, or a 2.5 or 2.8 diesel, it's coils springs, as these engines were introduced when they revised the model range in 1995. All other engine sizes for that year could be either.

The range was revised in April 2005.

As explained above, stick your head under the rear wheels and look for a wide, slightly bowed piece of metal that looks like it'll bend a bit. If that's there, it's the pre-facelift model. If it's not, it's post.

Edit: Imagine a wheel on this picture, and that's the leaf spring suspension set up.