Mud-club
Vehicle & Technical => Range Rover => Topic started by: way2deep on December 20, 2004, 19:42:54
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can anyone advise me please.do the rear springs on rangie(87)have rubber seats to sit in or do they just go straight to the chassis.cos after a play day i noticed both springs hanging out,i have put them back in but it seems to sit lower now :(
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my old 1979 one didnt and my 1986 one doesnt, also my last 1989 efi didnt, so i am assuming that your 87 will not. i have just bought a set of dislocation cones for my recent rangie but havent fitted them yet, they worked a treat on my last one. you could always put some cable tyes or jubilee clips on as an instant fix to stop it happening again.
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yeah guess so but why does it seem to sit lower.i'm confused,maybe best just to get new springs in case these ones have got weak.would you agree
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there should be a round plate at the bottom they sit on
and a round seat at the top they sit in
also check your self leveler as it may be this that is causing the rear end to sag
sorry don't know too much about them maybe somebody on
here will know how to check them
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yeah guess so but why does it seem to sit lower.i'm confused,maybe best just to get new springs in case these ones have got weak.would you agree
yeah, i would get new springs, i have in my garage an old set of +1" rears and fronts which i took off my old rangie, they are rusty and nothing special but if you just want the rangie lifted up a bit at the back you could play about with fronts in rear etc. there yours free if you want them.
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nice one mate when could i call round .pm phone or address thanks or phone 01536 485197 .robbie
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The self-leveler will only come into play if the back end keeps dipping too low, for example a standard car with a bootfull of stuff will wallow on an undulating road, the self-leveler 'pumps up' to keep the back end level. It has an internal gas spring and a hydraulic stage that 'pumps up'. If you lift the car it will no longer contribute, that is why Disco's have harder rear springs (no self leveler) and lifted springs go much heavier on the rear.
In my opinion having harder springs does help reduce body roll on the road, at the expense of axle articulation obviously.
Now if your car sits tail-down when stationary the springs have probably relaxed. Check also that the car sits level side-to-side as they often don't on old cars. The later is exacerpated by the radius arm bushes which creep, so new springs don't always cure it.
Incidentally, some LHD Diesel models have a harder D/S spring at the rear to counteract the driver and engine, having 2 harder springs at the front already (sounds a bit of a bodge to me).
If you don't want to lift the car fit Police Spec springs as these have progressive rear coils to help with all the c**p the police carry all the time, I think a new set is only about £50 off the top of my head.
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thanks for the help i guess springs must be weak and compacted to have been able to become unseated :(