Thread: Coil and airbag combos

Found a table of spring rates here which may interest you (or not):
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110 rear non-levelled appear to be 330 lb/in.
Interestingly, these numbers may not be identical to those in the table posted in the previous post. No idea why.

I'll try to dig out some photos. Vehicle in Bundaberg and I'm in Rocky.

Roverrescue,

These are as good as it gets until my solicitor tells me LR are going to fix it.

The tray is solid bolted to longitudinal rails which are bolted to cross members with teflon spacers which are bolted to the vehicle cross members at the appropriate 4 locations.

The tray is about 1800mm long.

Holmesy

Holmesy,
Truly I feel for you and wish you all the best with your legal resolution. I would be thinking your solicitor should be talking with the tray builder as well as LR ... That tray substructure "appears" unyielding ... Depending on how well it was attached to the chassis and I presume the answer is "very well" ... The tray builders have induced a stress point right where it bent. The usual MO for 130 failure from way back when is for the front mount points to tear away from the chassis as the chassis tries to flex (load from tow hitch magnifies that flexing)
If the front mounts are super solid and can't tear away the force will go somewhere....

Your loads are not excessive ... The problem is not going to have been overloading ....

S

Thanks for the feed back. Will keep it in mind going forward if I am get too pigheaded.

I put King Springs and Airman airbags in the rear of my 130 2009 Puma. While getting this done I also had double shocks fitted. With my Trayon Camper weighing 450kg dry then adding the extra XXXKg that SWMBO loads in the change in the ride is incredible.

I can run it up to 40psi when loaded then when back in town with the camper off drop it right down to about 10psi

The shot below shows the setup. Happy to discuss further if required.

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Originally Posted by Judo

I installed my Airbag Man (Firestone) airbags today with the high pressure sleeve as well. The high pressure sleeve is a royal PITA to install although I didn't dislocate the spring. (Would recommend that next time!)

As for your comment on height adjustment Steve - no idea what you mean! Connect the compressor to the valve, pull the trigger and up she goes at light speed! Add or remove air and up and down the vehicle goes...

I've got the RTT on and a decent amount of gear still (maybe 1/2 our camping gear?) and 15psi makes it pretty level, maybe even slightly high in the rear.

Short test drive and definitely less body roll with height up top now. Feeling good about it so far. Will give them a proper test in a few weeks.

Also, found a sticker on my rear springs - King Springs. I reckon 17mm and 8 turns. Yellow. Now I just need to find a data sheet for them...

I will be interested to hear how you go off-road with the airbags. I had real issues with the things stopping the springs from compressing fully and preventing the shocks from working effectively. Result was plenty of crashing and banging in certain types of terrain. Only way to prevent it was to remove the valves and fully deflate them. Pulled them out after the last trip across the Simpson and went from 270lb to 320lb springs. Airbags now sit on the shelf with three sets of barely used springs, but the sussy now works well, sits flat when loaded and doesn't have a harsh ride.

Cheng,

In my brief experience, that suspension set up would melt their tiny brains. Don't get me started.

Out of interest, how much overhang do you have from the end of the chassis to the end of the tray?