Thread: TWIN shocks for the rear???

Originally Posted by 4.42doorrangie

Has anyone set up twin shocks for the rear on a 2 door?? i've changed to Disco diff for strength and the shock mounts are on the front of the diff. I thought i might look into it while i'm under there.

Also im trying to fit a locker to that diff, does anyone know where one is available ive quoted on a few and they are mega expensive.


Thanks Simon

Where is the strength in a disco diff its the same as your rangie diff except for 24 spline axles

In standard form you would,nt want to go rock crawling
Oh try ARB for a diff lock , and if you go the ARB way you will need to go stronger axle,s the sound off breaking match sticks

Originally Posted by 4.42doorrangie

Has anyone set up twin shocks for the rear on a 2 door?? i've changed to Disco diff for strength and the shock mounts are on the front of the diff. I thought i might look into it while i'm under there.

If you get a chance you can look at Mike Smith's comp Rangie, it has twin shocks front and rear.

Originally Posted by rangieman

Where is the strength in a disco diff its the same as your rangie diff except for 24 spline axles

In standard form you would,nt want to go rock crawling
Oh try ARB for a diff lock , and if you go the ARB way you will need to go stronger axle,s the sound off breaking match sticks

the purpose for using the disco diff is to go to fine spline with arb locker unit and high tuff axels. LOTS of strength there. is there any reason to go to dual shockers what advantage is there???

4.4 2 door

you'll need to weld an extra set of Shock mounts on the chassis to bolt on the 2nd set of dampers , one of our club members has done this with great success , there is a main and 2ndary , Main = Bilstein and 2ndary is a brand called Bogue or somthing I haven't heard of , the 2nd set of dampers complements the main one really well.

For touring another set up which i found works well ( and I'm speaking from experience ) is to have Polyairs in your coil springs ,but there are a lot of different opinion as to what works best , for touring I actually prefer the single shock with polyair bag setup and I can adjust ride height depending on the weight etc.

Originally Posted by 4.42doorrangie

the purpose for using the disco diff is to go to fine spline with arb locker unit and high tuff axels. LOTS of strength there. is there any reason to go to dual shockers what advantage is there???

Ther was no need to go Disco for that as the ARB centre for a Disco has the fine spline side gears. The disco axles are a lot stronger than the 10 spline and unless you plan on giving it an absolute hiding will probably be OK.
There are only 2 choices as far as selectable diff locks in oz now as far as I know and they are the ARB or Jacmac. Personally I would steer away from the auto lockers.
Cheers
wayne

Originally Posted by waxen

Ther was no need to go Disco for that as the ARB centre for a Disco has the fine spline side gears. The disco axles are a lot stronger than the 10 spline and unless you plan on giving it an absolute hiding will probably be OK.
There are only 2 choices as far as selectable diff locks in oz now as far as I know and they are the ARB or Jacmac. Personally I would steer away from the auto lockers.
Cheers
wayne

And that was having a go , It was simply stating the obvious

the car is more of a weekend warrior, and trips within victoria. I have set it up to retain some of the road going ability (but lets be honest its not a late model rangie). is there any advantage to dual shocks? Is it worth looking for a second hand locker or are most of them worn to far??

Simon

Originally Posted by Disco_owner

you'll need to weld an extra set of Shock mounts on the chassis to bolt on the 2nd set of dampers

The original Rangies on the rear had one shock on one side to the rear of the
diff and on the other side they had to the front. When they went to having both shocks mounted towards the front of the diff, they left the old rear mounting holes for the rear shock. So you do not have to weld brackets to the chassis. You use the existing holes and a standard top shock mount on one side and drill and sleeve the required holes on the other. You do however need to weld the mounting points onto the diff.

A bit more complicated for the front though. Need to frabricate new shock towers, etc.