HELP..spring dropped out !

[Budgie]

I don't really care what other people think is right or wrong.
I use a form of dislocation cone and it works for me.
Nuff said!  :troll:

[PUX]

I don't really care what other people think is right or wrong.
I use a form of dislocation cone and it works for me.
Nuff said!  :troll:

lol i have jubilee clips on at the mo and have had no probs i have had my dislocation cones sat in the garage for 6mths  :lol:  :lol:  :lol:  :smack:

[Range Rover Blues]

In think location cones might be banned on safet grounds, it is an unsecured part of the suspension after all.

Other than that I'm staying out of this one.  Ask 5 guys their opinion, get 5 different answers.  Whatever works guys......

[Henry Webster]

Henry, what rock crawlers have you had a look at? not being too sarcy just havent seen many over here.

Fair point, Bulli.:oops:    I haven't seen any in the flesh, I'm relying on photos in US and UK mags and on the web.  I don't want to prolong the debate, it just strikes me that dislocating std road springs is a very crude and fairly uncontolled way to get more droop.  Once you are into that sort of droop you should really be in the territory of coil over shocks and light helper springs.

I have no doubt that dislocating set ups do work, to a point.  I have written a bit about them in TOR in the past, on challenge trucks.  It is also a cheap option, which I have no problem with.  I am all for saving money in an expensive sport.  

Jubilee clips are a cheap option too, although ideally they would be used alongside axle check straps, to stop them from being put under too much strain or bottoming out the damper.  I know check straps go against the grain, but they can prevent unnecessary damage - especially to the shocker.  My basic point is that if your shocker or axle allows more droop than the spring, then there is a mismatch.

Cheers

H

[Bulli]

Henry, thats the nicest most well thought out reply ive read for ages, nice one.
Mine was in TOR  and has more travel than most over here. The 'rock crawler' in LRM(?) a couple of months back had very limited travel.

[Thrasher]

..of course you could always do what I did - not use cones or clips ;)

Simply leave the anti-roll bars on!

P.S. Nice Anthrax reference ;-)

[Bulli]

not a lot of people know that

[Henry Webster]

Henry, thats the nicest most well thought out reply ive read for ages, nice one.
Mine was in TOR  and has more travel than most over here. The 'rock crawler' in LRM(?) a couple of months back had very limited travel.

Why thank you!  I do try to be balanced.  At the end of the day we all do this stuff for fun!  

I have definitely got a dose of off road inverse snobbery, though!   I am just keen to see people out there having fun.  You don't need to spend alot of money or have all the toys to do that.

I read all about yours in TOR.  Looks like a sensibly thought-out well-sorted truck!  Unfortunately I think I missed the rock crawler in LRM.  Was it a US based truck?

At the end of the day there are few definitive right and wrong answers in this game and we are all chasing slightly difficult goals.

Cheers

H

[andygod]

Thrasher
I dislocated a rear spring this weekend and I have the anti roll bar fitted.

[ChrisW]

Thrasher
I dislocated a rear spring this weekend and I have the anti roll bar fitted.

Yes but the monkey's had been at yours.