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tomarse:

--- Quote from: "rustprooflandyracer" ---I have got fed up with my two leaf rear parabolics as they are too weak, even a 50 kg load makes the rear sit down,
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I have 3 leaf rocky mountain parabolics on the back of my landy and they will take an amazing amount of weight without it getting much lower! I'm really impressed by them - they take a lot more weight that the other springs my mates have.
I moved 2 engines this weekend and you couldnt tell from outside!. I dont think it is physically possible to get them right down - even with the back full of rubble to the roof I still had an inch or two from the bump stops..

My mate had the heavy duty british parabolics on the back of his landy and he could hit the bumpstops with just his toolbox and a weekends wirth of camping gear

rustprooflandyracer:
Well it is all done now...  :D Took all of two hours in total, well the nuts and bolts came off easily so no need for hacksaws or blowtorches! They are 100% better, doesn't hit the bump stops now with just a highlift in the back.

ian_s:
i guess because you already changed to the parabolics recently, the bolts havent had 20 years to rust solid. thats encouraging for me as i got to remove my rears to do some welding at some point

mark.yellow.series.3:
sorry, my chassis was far more siezed then any of you!!!!!

bushes in the chassis wouldnt come out, cut the in two places (as per haynes book of lies) smashing away with hammer and chissel, no good.
had to get the burning gear warmed the bush up, more hammering, still no good.
had to acually cut the whole bush out the the oxy acetiline (very carefully)

also, steering relay (oh yes the steering relay), after many hours of WD40 and hammer, got really ticked off. in the end i had to beat it out with a 14 pound sledge hammer, and when its mutilated remains came out it had come out with the sleeve of the chassis on it, i had to cut the sleeve off and reweld it back in :x

Tikirocker:

--- Quote from: "mark.yellow.series.3" ---sorry, my chassis was far more siezed then any of you!!!!!

bushes in the chassis wouldnt come out, cut the in two places (as per haynes book of lies) smashing away with hammer and chissel, no good.
had to get the burning gear warmed the bush up, more hammering, still no good. had to acually cut the whole bush out the the oxy acetiline (very carefully)

also, steering relay (oh yes the steering relay), after many hours of WD40 and hammer, got really ticked off. in the end i had to beat it out with a 14 pound sledge hammer, and when its mutilated remains came out it had come out with the sleeve of the chassis on it, i had to cut the sleeve off and reweld it back in :x
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Bloody hell!  :shock:

Have you ever tried overhauling the steering relay before? Make sure your standing behind 2ft of concrete wall before you release the internal spring ... that thing can actually kill you!

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