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Why is it such a pain in the bum!

Doesn't help my spring compressors bent and nearly hit me in the face! Still haven't done it

Ho hum!

RT

I sympathise, they're a right bugger arnt they!

piece of cake with baxters coil overs. smug, smug, smug.

..lee.. wrote:piece of cake with baxters coil overs. smug, smug, smug.

Yes I wish I had gone down that route now!! Easy!!

First time I did it it took me four hours a side, (with the help of my dial an expert in Scotland getting a right load of phone calls because i dint know what I was doing) and after a good talking to I can do a side now in under two hours on the drive if left alone (I think I have tried about four combinations of spring and spacers) I now have made a tool for pulling the top of the shock through the rubber bung under the seat (a nut stuck in a tube) that I can screw on and pull through. I have to do it again next weekend I think because of a recent addition so will be gearing up to it all week I reckon. Havnt done it on the Westy yet and hope there is access in the wielded in base plate for the front swivel seats otherwise the core drill bit is seeing some action

jed

I have to do it again next weekend I think because of a recent addition

What are you up to now..?

v-lux wrote:

I have to do it again next weekend I think because of a recent addition

What are you up to now..?

I could tell you but then I would have to kill you It is awesome though and unique and fancy it being an idea that is on there for about a week before it is copied

jed

jed the spread wrote:First time I did it it took me four hours a side, (with the help of my dial an expert in Scotland getting a right load of phone calls because i dint know what I was doing) and after a good talking to I can do a side now in under two hours on the drive if left alone (I think I have tried about four combinations of spring and spacers) I now have made a tool for pulling the top of the shock through the rubber bung under the seat (a nut stuck in a tube) that I can screw on and pull through. I have to do it again next weekend I think because of a recent addition so will be gearing up to it all week I reckon. Havnt done it on the Westy yet and hope there is access in the wielded in base plate for the front swivel seats otherwise the core drill bit is seeing some action

jed

So what did you do? Pray tell or I will be buying these next!!
http://www.brickwerks.co.uk/shop?page=s ... eyword=AVO

Can you please take a picture of the "tool for pulling the top of the shock through"?

Thanks

Now just bought some Draper Spring compressors that hopefully wont try and kill me!!

Off the top of my head (it might be the wrong way to some but works for me)

1 Get your spring compressors on
2 Jack the van up
2 Take your wheel off
3 Take your seat out and you will see a rubber bung over the top of the shock through the wheel arch and take the bung out
undo the nut on the top of the shock
4 Undo the suspension at the top wishbone
5 Let your spring fall out
6 Compress your new spring and pop the spacer on top
pop the new spring and spacer in with it in the correct position
7 Reassemble all your suspension and pop the wheel back on
8 Put your special tool or tube through the hole under your seat on the threaded bit on the front shock and pull it through as you lower the van down on the jack and pop the washer and nut back on



I am trying to do this through thinking on how it goes but if you actually do it you can kind of see what i am on about or the bits i might have missed by memory.

jed

Rogue Trooper wrote:Can you please take a picture of the "tool for pulling the top of the shock through"?

Thanks

Now just bought some Draper Spring compressors that hopefully wont try and kill me!!

The "tool" is a bit of old stool leg tube with a nut that fits the thread on the top of the shock so I can pull it up through the top of the suspension mounting.

jed

Actually I did it another time without spring compressors by simply using a jack on the suspension arm to bring the top of the shock up. I think that was abit easier because you didnt have the spring compressor getting in the way and having to get them at the magic ten to and ten past angle.

jed

easy way to make tool is to get an M10 rivnut in ali and recut half the threads at M10fine, then screw the standard thread end onto a bit of threaded bar and the damper strut will screw onto the other end

I also once made one out of an offcut of plastic vacuum pipe (front to back) warmed up and screwed onto the end of damper to cut the thread and left to go cold, it works

Thanks all, given up for today as its too cold and dark!

Then again I had 10 years of Landrover ownership so expect disappointment

1 Get your spring compressors on
2 Jack the van up
2 Take your wheel off

Nah, jack van up,
take wheel off,
small trolley under suspension, jack it up to take de veight
Fit spring compressor

Surely..

If you use gas shocks like OME's then its easy, they go up through the hole themselves