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Fitting a 2" lift question

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barmiebrumie:
Soak some rag in diesle & place them over the nut's & bolt's the night before you start, this really will help with the rust,




John.

Tyke:

--- Quote ---You can do it without compressors but its a ball ache
--- End quote ---


If you can get the chassis up high on axle stands the fronts will fall out and new ones go straight in, without compressors and without ball ache. You have to jack the axles down after releasing the front mounts and turrets so be sure the brake lines/abs leads are long enough to allow this.

To get the front shocks out simply remove the turret mounting ring nuts, undo the lower shock mount and lift the turret, complete with shock straight up and out of the engine comartment. Loads simpler than the procedure shown in the manual.

The rears are the same, just jack the axles down and the whole lot just falls out. Fit new cones/seats shocks, springs and jobs done.

Did mine, on a 4-post ramp mind and with a mate doing the spanners, in 2½ hours . . . . and we stopped for a bacon butty half way through.


Must admit I did spend some time preparing for the job by thorough cleaning of the relevant nuts and bolts and soaking everything for a few days prviously in WD40. Still drove it about though during the preparation time.

Mine had done 140K when I did the job and the nuts/bolts looked as though they hadn't been touched from new - - - never thought it would come apart but it did  :wink:

And thanks to all the guys on here for there their advice before I started - good lot these Mud-Clubbers  8)

beast5680:
Not a good idea to rely on a high lift to jack up to change springs, 1 you need to have somewhere on the car to jack safely and not crush bodywork/bumper etc and 2 they have a nasty habit of slipping out if your not careful
if your doing it on your own invest in some good axle stands and a good hydraulic jack better safe than sorry :wink:

Tyke:

--- Quote --- invest in some good axle stands and a good hydraulic jack better safe than sorry
--- End quote ---


Too right. Whenever I can I borrow my mates workshop with four poster ramp to do work on mine. A big heavy lump is a Land Rover.

If you get a hydraulic jack, remember to get one big enough to lift under the chasis after you have fitted the 2". You may have trouble getting the axles stands out or the wheels off, sometime in the future, if you don't . . . . . been there and done that  :wink:

barmiebrumie:
I've got some high lift axle stands you could use,  but i'm in Brum,




John.

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