Arrangement for blocking a spring in a spring strut

Arrangement for blocking a spring in a spring strut of a motor vehicle, comprising a spacer element for transportation of the vehicle, wherein the spacer element includes at least one segment configured to be snapped into the spring and supported by a lower free end thereof on a stationary spring plate of the spring strut, wherein the spacer element includes bearing receiving devices situated one above another for coils of the spring and, at the lower free end, has a receiving groove directed to an edge of the spring plate, and the receiving groove and the bearing receiving devices form part of a circular arc, are adapted to the shape of the spring coils and are arranged at a corresponding angle.

Arrangement, comprising a motor vehicle spring strut having a spring and stationary spring plate, and a spacer element having at least one segment configured to be snapped onto a coil of the spring and has a lower free end contacting the stationary spring plate.

Method of blocking a spring in a spring strut of a motor vehicle for transporting the motor vehicle by other than the motor vehicle's own power, comprising snapping an at least one segment of a spacer element onto the spring, and swivelling the spacer element so that a lower free end thereof contacts a stationary plate of the spring strut.