Fitting Shock Absorbers...

The problem with 101 shocks is the size of the pins that they fit to - much larger than "normal" 4wds and smaller than truck shocks. There are some shocks low end Rancho shocks that will fit but require modifcations. Likewise on the rear apparently Defender 130 shocks can go on but the lower mount has to be modified.

This is some old information - have a look at 3.12 Land Rover FAQ - Repair & Maintenance - 101 Forward Control The101 club forum has stacks of threads on shockies.

To be honest I suspect a 101 will drive pretty much the same with or without shockies :o.

Garry

A wee bit bouncier without...

I've seen some big ass TerraFirma 110 rears fitted to the back of a 101, fine at the bottom, although the steel insert in the top bush had been knocked out and replaced with a piece of 22mm (I think) copper pipe.

Did the job.

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Originally Posted by DasLandRoverMan

A wee bit bouncier without...

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With a softer spring rate maybe but not with standard springs and relatively unloaded.

On my GS I'm planning to use either Rancho shocks from the US all round or terrafirma big bore extended defender 110 rears on the back and Rancho fronts.

Part numbers can be found on the other place. But as I mostly ever use the net on my phone I can't find them and copy and paste.

Wasn't sleeping so started looking at shocks. Looked at the club forum for rancho part numbers etc but the Aussie importers want silly money compared to what they retail for in the US.

I started sifting through the Monroe catalogue putting it into excel filtering etc then I found this page on the Aussie website:
Monroe - Catalogue Search

Put in the specs from the Club forum as follows:
Front 385/595 eye-eye (ferule-ferule for website)
Rear 345/520 pin-eye (ferule-stud for website)

And you get these results:
Front: 16-0588+, 160589+ - Both from the Landcruiser 7x series,0588 is the 78 series Troop carrier rear, 0589 the 79series ute rear - Gas magnum TDT - both 382/616

It took a little playing around but I found a reasonable one for the rear.
Rear: 16-189+ - Discovery Series 1 and Rangie Classic Rear - Gas Magnum TDT - 337/548

I'm going to ring around today to see what these cost but also now that I have the vehicle makes I'm going to see what else is about.

edit* Forgot to mention that these all have 19mm bushes (according to the website), so the closest we can probably get to the 21mm mounts on the 101. This would make it easy to ream them out or change the sleeves to get the 21 mm. Also you can see that the website only spits out parts that wont restrict movement over the old shocks so these shouldn't act as bump stops or restrict wheels dropping.

Ta chap! Ranchos stupid money here too, have the terrafirma options over here for rear. Not sure on front yet

The only other thing I'll be doing before ordering is confirming the closed and extended lengths on my old shocks to check the figures on the club forum are correct.

Defender 130 rear shocks should fit rear of 101 landrover.
That was my answer for the rear.......I have not chased it.
Using defender shocks the steel pipe eye in the centre of the top rubber bush must be removed so the rubber bush will fit the 101s pin.
I was thinking adjustable Koni.........which worked well on the rear of a 130 defender I had, but the cost was though the roof.

Just updated my post. I probably shouldn't post when I cant sleep, I mixed up the front and rear lengths. Put in some new searches and got some different but still usable results.

This post on the club forum is quite useful. It shows the Disco shock is slightly better suited than the defender shock for the rear.

101 club • View topic - Front shock dimensions

My bonus from work has come through so I bit the bullet and ordered some foam cell shocks from 4wd1 and a steering damper. When they get delivered I'll put up a post and let everyone know if they fit or not! Fingers crossed :eek: