Coming at ya with a novice suspension question

Post by **lloydy** » 12 Feb 2013, 18:54

Totally safe to use, have a crawl under your 2WD you'll see the the 2WD spring mounts at a lower point, so are longer

Post by **chuckle-bus-tom** » 12 Feb 2013, 18:58

Well, my camper is lowered 70mm so I can't even get my head under! Wish I hadn't sold the standard springs off now!

Elvis, you're a gent!

Post by **ELVIS** » 12 Feb 2013, 19:16

Suppose you want some pics of some very nice 2wd springs aswell

Post by **chuckle-bus-tom** » 12 Feb 2013, 20:05

ELVIS wrote:Suppose you want some pics of some very nice 2wd springs aswell

Oh darling,

Post by **lloydy** » 12 Feb 2013, 20:18

He has everything that man, im now wondering if he has a diesel tacho dash pod tucked away

Post by **chuckle-bus-tom** » 13 Feb 2013, 16:46

Well that's been an interesting couple of hours! I swapped out the 'snapped one' in about 30 mins and felt like it was going to be a laugh of a day. Oh, the spring isn't snapped at all! I cleaned it up and inspected it and it's fine bar a bit of paint flaking. Anyway, I got onto the other side and have been defeated by a seized lower shock bolt, so it's had one final coating of plusgas and i'm in for a beer now. Once I have it out tomorrow I'll be able to compare with the 'snapped' one to see what the verdict is. If I find that there was no problem with the springs then I shall have to prepare what compensation I will be asking for from the MOT garage.

On first look I don't think I'll need to lift the front. I think the weight of my LPG tanks compensates for the extra lift!

Post by **chuckle-bus-tom** » 15 Feb 2013, 14:34

Well, the rear end doesn't look stupidly high, but it feels nose down and I can drift pretty much any corner! Going to have to fit rear shock extenders ASAP and lift the front.

I really have gone the wrong way about this!

Post by **ELVIS** » 15 Feb 2013, 20:10

Good effort chap

Is there any bits you need me to bung in a box chap or you ok now?

Post by **hugomonkey** » 15 Feb 2013, 20:26

that looks pretty even to me

Post by **max and caddy** » 16 Feb 2013, 00:15

I'm baffled...what did it fail its test on exactly? Flakey paint?

Post by **chuckle-bus-tom** » 16 Feb 2013, 03:15

max and caddy wrote:I'm baffled...what did it fail its test on exactly? Flakey paint?

No, the offside rear spring had the lower pigtail missing (about 3" of metal). After reading the MOT, it does say that a broken spring is a fail.

Post by **chuckle-bus-tom** » 16 Feb 2013, 03:17

ELVIS wrote:Good effort chap

Is there any bits you need me to bung in a box chap or you ok now?

I could do with some 2WD front springs if you have any darling. PM with the details.

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