suspension problems

[el sketcho]

The previous owner of my van had it lowered, he brought the just kamper 60mm springs but didn't change the shocks. Since i've had it I brought a front set of Avo's from brickwerks. I love the look of it but it keeps running aground on campsite, speedbumps, petrol stations and bumpy roads. Also when i had the new shocks fitted it still ran aground so I adjusted the shocks to their most firm setting, the front end is quite bouncy.
On the way back from the big chill last week I noticed that the drivers side seems lower than the passenger side and the wheel us started rubbing on the arch. Has the spring cracked? If I get the 30mm springs from brickwerks will I have to buy new shocks? Why has it always been bouncy is that due to the setting on the shocks? If I get the 30mm shocks, would the weight of the interior make it sit lower?

Andy

[SyncroSwede]

The shocks should make no difference to the ride height at all. In fact, you could run a vehicle without them but you would have the most weird and unsafe ride! If you have sag and wheel rub problems then I expect a spring has bust (or at least sagged too much if it was old and your van heavy).

Personally, I would not run a lowered van in the UK as our roads and service stations suck.





If you bought the AVO dampers off Brickwerks then I'd get back to Simon and ask what ride height springs he would recommend. It is possible you or your van has been the victim of JK junk...

Also, when you say 'bouncy' it doesn't really describe the ride too well. Dampers/shock absorbers are there to control the rate at which the springs can compress and/or rebound. Setting them to full could be preventing the springs from doing their job of tracking the road surface and making the the van buck a little.

[el sketcho]

Thanks for the info syncroswede. What I mean by bouncy is when I drive over a bump the front end of the van will bob up and down a few times after where as if I hit a pothole or dip the drivers side will clunk and rub the arch.