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clover:
I am overhauling my suspension on pinky. Partly due to the fact that I've added heavy duty bumpers, winch, tree sliders etc... so with all this extra weight I've noticed the suspension is a bit saggy...

I did the back first. I've fitted platform spacers - 30mm (so just over 1") from Wizard. New heavy duty springs and Bilstein gas shocks. Backs were not a problem.

Fronts are a right nightmare! I had to really compress the new springs to get them in and for some reason the drivers side one looks as bowed as a banana when in place. Its located properly but I am sure it should not bow like it is. Its almost as though the bottom platform no longer lines up with the top.

Also the shocks are a nightmare to get on. They both seem to be at a skewed angle. I had to lever them straight with a long lever bar to get the turrets to locate on the studs. The nuts on the bottom of the shocks are nigh on impossible to do up. I managed to get one bottom one done up about 5 turns but I am currently putting twice the recommended maximum torque through it. The other side did up a few turns and then rounded off (not sure what I can do about that now apart from buy another new shock). Also it looks to me like the bottom of the shocks are fouling the head of the bolt holding down the platform.

Dunno what I am doing wrong (everything probably!)

Well fed up... going to buy a Defender next time...

chris9119:
John

Sounds like you've really FUBARed it.

Can you get it over to me so that we can have a look and see what's, what?

If not, give me a call.

clover:
Well TBH I don't know if I can. The only way it could be got over to you would be to a drive it with no nut on the bottom end of one of the shocks. I'd best give you a ring...

I think its the spacers that are the problem but I don't understand why... I am sure other people have used spacers. In fact I am 100% certain my friend Franc from JE engineering had them fitted on the front of his Range Rover.

andyb:
Are you using spaces/lift blocks on the back and front? If so, I'd refit without the lift blocks. Sounds to me like there isn't enough weight to fully compress the springs to get them to fit with the lift blocks in place.

Do you know the lb/in of the springs you are fitting? I wouldn't recommend any over about 220lb/in on the front of a Disco with a winch. This will still give a 2 inch lift.

HTH

clover:
Hi

I don't know the strength of the springs... they are britpart H/D ones and have red and white paint on them.

I've not put it on the floor on its road wheels as yet to see what it looks like then.

I may well do this later if i can get the bottom nut done up a bit more on one side and try and get the bottom one sorted on the other side (Really don't know how I will accomplish this as yet as the end threads are pretty chewed up...

Cheers

John

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