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HELP..spring dropped out !

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extreme90:
some people dont wish to use all their axle travel, they simply fitted a lift kit  to gain abit of extra height, y argue over fitting jubilee clips or disc cones, end of the day its his decision, we are only here to help the guy, and arguing bout the solutions doesnt help ! dislocation cones, reverse location and jubilee clips all do the job intended, my friend has simply welded some 5mm flat plate to the spring hangers, yes its stupid but it works a treat.
end of the day they all work so why argue !!

J B:
i'm trying not to argue,  its hard not seeing the jubilee clip as a bad idea, it will cause stress on the spring that it wasn't designed for

it doesnt take much for the spring to lower away from the chassis, when longer shocks are fitted

its just poor practice

Henry Webster:
Jubilee clips work fine - I can't break them in the racer and we spend a good proportion of our time in the air - ask anyone who has seen us race! :lol:

I'm not going to get involved in the cones or not debate, only to say that its horses for courses and if you think jubilee clips are a bodge, then so are cones.  The real answer are long, progressive springs that do the job.  Look at any properly engineered rock crawler or trials vehicle and you will see that they do not settle for springs dislocating.

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denviks:
for the price of a set of cones its not worth arguing over. i know when i was deciding what suspension kit to fit i looked at every option. when i decided on procomp +2" i knew that i would need a set of cones. not jubile clips. why do half a job. might aswell go the whole hog. if fitting jubile clips you are pulling the spring apart as it drops. so streaching the spring in essence. jubile clips were designed to put preasure on a tube so its strength lies there, and not being pulled on. if it were my truck i would just buy the right gear in the first place. if it was a comp truck and i was gonna be replacing springs all the time then that might be different. this is just my opinion and not wanting to add fuel to the fire so to speak.

Bulli:
Henry, what rock crawlers have you had a look at? not being too sarcy just havent seen many over here. I think you will find that SG have a dislocating top spring and they are one of the foremost modding companies for rock crawling. The spring is allowed to move down and is retained by an opposing spring. Remember the $100000 defender in LRO ...err that had them.Trials machines dont use them as they are against ARC regs so you wouldnt be able to compete. I dont think banning them is a bad thing but people are circumventing it by getting springs with 'redundant' coils at the top.
Big green thing , they dont do the same job at all. How is stopping the spring dislocating by fitting jubliee clips the same as controling the spring to allow it to relocate properly onto the spring seat?A debate is not an argument until voices are raised..or everyone has about 4 pints in them!
Rolla, p**s off :wink:

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