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2" lift essentials
Tyke:
Gords mate - hear what you are saying about geting things undone. Been round the chassis and it looks like all may free up ok. Gonna hose everything down before starting and give it all a good soak in WD. Getting a new set of front spring seats so the 5/16 bolts on the front shock towers can shear if they want to :wink:
Really only got a short space to do it in so was thinking about whipping round with the spanners and make sure everything will free up first. Must have the motor back on the road ASAP for work.
Will leave arb's on for now so won't need the cones I take it.
barmiebrumie:
Tyke, dont know if it helps but managed to change all 4 springs & shocks on my rrc in a day on my own (16hrs) also fitted extended & braided pipes,
as you say its a v/good idea to crack all nuts you can before hand,
soaked mine in wd40 & put a rag soaked in diesle on them over night for a couple of nights,
John
gords:
The two biggest problems I had were getting the bottom nut on the front shock absorbers undone (the flats for the 7mm spanner are a joke!), and getting the nuts off of the top rear shock mounts.
I used an oil filter tool around the shock absorber body to undo the front nuts. On the rear, I used a nut splitter to get the old nuts off, then a good clean with a wire brush and some oil while I did the (new) nuts back up :)
I assume you'll have some spring compressors?
BrumLee:
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Rears can be changed without, front yes unless you disconnect the brake hoses. So if you plan to upgrade the hoses do the whole job in one go :wink:
gords:
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--- Quote from: "gords" ---I assume you'll have some spring compressors?
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Rears can be changed without, front yes unless you disconnect the brake hoses. So if you plan to upgrade the hoses do the whole job in one go :wink:
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All I can say is when I did mine - 300TDi with anti-roll bars, fitting +1" springs - even undoing the anti-roll bar on both sides still didn't allow enough space to fit the springs without the use of compressors. :) Even after a great deal of pushing down of axle :wink: :lol: That's not to say, of course, that I was doing it right, but the above was my experience!
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