Vehicle & Technical > Discovery

suspension changing nightmare!!

(1/5) > >>

nickW:
started changing the suspension on my disco this evening, 2 1/2 hours and ive finally got front drivers side off, has anybody actually managed to undo the the nuts at the bottom of the front shocks i tried for ages and ended up cutting the the spring to pieces and then cutting the bottom of the shock off, has anyone got any advise for the other side, ive been soaking it in wd40 nightly since mon night, also the HD spring retainer go at the bottom of the spring don't they, now the 17mm bolts at the bottom of where the spring sits are being a pain in the neck to undo,

anyway i will upate everyone on my progress tomorrow once ive bought some more angle grinder blades!!

any advise would be helpful

Richie_EB4:
Unfortunatly........thats LR's for ya...........a gas axe and an angle grinder are the best tools for the job  :wink:

If the bolts snap on the rear then drill them out and replace with a nut and bolt.

J B:
take a hacksaw to the front shock, just above the spring seat, you can cut through it with the spring in situe

then lift out the shock/turrett assy

then angle grind whats left of the shock and the two M10 bolt heads, being carefull not to damage the spring seat

it will then all fall apart

then again angle grind the top shock mount from the top of the turrett if it wont undo, thus removing the shock from the turrett

then rebuild using nice new shiny bolts n shocks n springs

good luck

ta jon

nickW:
thanks, and there was i trying to be careful taking it off trying to save as much as possible,

right tomorrow things wil be with a different approach, thanks for the advise keep it coming

Budgie:
If you're not re-using the shocks then try using Stilsons (pipe wrench) to hold the shocker with a spanner on the bottom nut. Once the spanner has jammed on the axle mounting then use the stilsons to undo the shocker.  :wink:

Navigation

[0] Message Index

[#] Next page