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Replacing Springs and Shox on Disco 1

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Telaren:
I have just bought a set of +2 Springs and shox for my Disco.

What is the easiest way to remove the old ones and fit new ones?

(Especially as I do not have a set of spring compressors)

Cheers All

Taz

beast5680:
1. get a set of spring compressors  :lol:

no you dont have to but you will need some axle stands and a good jack you can jack up the car and rest the chassis on the stands then remove the wheels and lower the axle using a trolley jack to allow you to get the springs out hopefully

Dr Neil:
Depending on what kind of tools/equipment you have,If you have a decent trolley jack simply jack up one corner at a time and remove the wheel,then put an axle stand under the chassis.Remove the lower shock bolt/nut and carefully lower the jack allowing the axle to drop extending the spring until it is at it's full extent.You will then be able to remove the top shock mount,then slide out the spring and shock,on the front you can remove the turrets if you want to make it a little easier,at the rear you will need to unbolt the lower spring clamps.

hope this helps

Neil....

driftwood:
when doing the rear, dont forget to chock the front wheels just on the safe side :wink:

BigA:
I recently fitted new sprigs and shocks to mine (+2"). I also put a jack between the chassis and axle on the corner i was working on at a time, to get the maximum space i could. Unfortunately i found that i still had to use spring compressors to fit the new springs, and the old fixings were that seized and hard to get at that i eventually just cut the old springs out and ground/cut the fixings.

Also don't forget your ARB's if you are leaving these on, they will, i think, need spacing, and will also reduce the amount of drop you get when replacing the springs.

I removed the turrets when doing the fronts, a word of caution here, the old turret ring fixings may break if you do this, so may be worth having new fixing rings in case, i did this and the old ones came of OK typically.

The front bottom shock mountings were a real pain to undo too.

Don't want to put you off, it was well worth it when done.

Hope this helps.

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