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Drooping!!

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clbarclay:
I'm not sure what the service life for the self leveler is supposed to be, but less than 20 years is my guess. We have had ones that worked, but that was some time ago.

Standard disco rear springs should do the job of replacing the SLU and cost less than HD springs. Some LR springs were different lengths on the same axle to help balance them, but depending just what the car is equiped with the centre of gravity can varry a bit so its still nog garantie of it sitting level. One down side of the relativerly soft springs LR are fitted with is that any lean is exajerated.

jjsaul:
David, not sure what springs you put on, but i found range rover red/whites are about right. Theyre the standard cheapo h/duty ones.

Put some on my blue rangie and it lifted the back end about 2 inches compared with the old ones, and ive got more gas tanks than the white rangie.

R2D2:
Cheers guys,

Took the standard ones back and put on +2's and it's done the job. :dance:

Now running level with full tanks, but the wife(only 5'2") needs a leg up  :shock: to get in it. :lol:

Spent Saturday playing round Brick Kiln Farm with my boy in his new(to him) Disco... Still smiling now. :clap: It never missed a beat, never missed a key turn. :cool:

Looking forward to Broxhead common on July 6th ;)  ;)

mudslinger53:
Hi Lads, I am interested in your comments about  "Drooping".  I have a 1972 range rover that has been bobtailed and now got a 200 tdi engine in it and it droops down on the offside, do you know if by fitting heavy duty or different strength springs it would bring it back level.. Thanks for any info, Dave.

clbarclay:
Its not a good idea to fit different rate springs on the same axle, if you want to balance it up either do like LR and fit springs of the same rate but different length or possibly fit some spacers to one side. LR make quite a wide range of springs several of which are the same rate but different lengths so so careful pic'n'mix may sort the problem out.

One potential problem with extensive modifications like engine chages is you can move the center of gravity over to one side depending on just where the weight gets fixed. just because a pair of springs are sided, doesn't necisserily mean they are the right lengths to balance any one particular vehicle.

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