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Re: Coming at ya with a novice suspension question
Posted: 12 Feb 2013, 18:54
by lloydy
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
Re: Coming at ya with a novice suspension question
Posted: 12 Feb 2013, 18:58
by chuckle-bus-tom
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!
Re: Coming at ya with a novice suspension question
Posted: 12 Feb 2013, 19:16
by ELVIS
Suppose you want some pics of some very nice 2wd springs aswell
Re: Coming at ya with a novice suspension question
Posted: 12 Feb 2013, 20:05
by chuckle-bus-tom
ELVIS wrote:Suppose you want some pics of some very nice 2wd springs aswell
Oh darling,
Re: Coming at ya with a novice suspension question
Posted: 12 Feb 2013, 20:18
by lloydy
He has everything that man, im now wondering if he has a diesel tacho dash pod tucked away
Re: Coming at ya with a novice suspension question
Posted: 13 Feb 2013, 16:46
by chuckle-bus-tom
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!
Re: Coming at ya with a novice suspension question
Posted: 15 Feb 2013, 14:34
by chuckle-bus-tom
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!
Re: Coming at ya with a novice suspension question
Posted: 15 Feb 2013, 20:10
by ELVIS
Good effort chap
Is there any bits you need me to bung in a box chap or you ok now?
Re: Coming at ya with a novice suspension question
Posted: 15 Feb 2013, 20:26
by hugomonkey
that looks pretty even to me
Re: Coming at ya with a novice suspension question
Posted: 16 Feb 2013, 00:15
by max and caddy
I'm baffled...what did it fail its test on exactly? Flakey paint?
Re: Coming at ya with a novice suspension question
Posted: 16 Feb 2013, 03:15
by chuckle-bus-tom
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.
Re: Coming at ya with a novice suspension question
Posted: 16 Feb 2013, 03:17
by chuckle-bus-tom
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.