Thread: Air strut replacement

Originally Posted by Tombie

Yep. Sounds right. The wheels will have been tramping a little due to shock wear...

Shocks really don't last beyond 100k...

It's just gradual degradation that we don't notice it..

Very happy i got them done. I noticed literally 1 week after I got the tyres done they started to wear like this but silly me didn't put two and two together until I took the tyres off.

Finished fitting the rears this morning so all done. Corners much better now, going to do a rotation on the tyres which hopefully saves them.

Unfortunately it looks like the auxiliary tank took up the extra space i should have had to get to the back strut bolt on the LR so it still took a little over 30 mins. The RR on the other hand was done in 20mins.

I'm guessing someone has repla ed my air lines at some stage. Some are black, some are green.



Lifting new strut in with jack.

Did the rears by myself.

Originally Posted by Russrobe

I'm guessing someone has repla ed my air lines at some stage. Some are black, some are green.

They may be colour coded for each side. From memory my front right was black and front left was green.

I have black and green on my 2007 RRS .

If it is just the shocks that are worn out, would there be any value in keeping the old air springs and fitting with new shocks? Or is shock reconditioning feasible? Perhaps not cost effective and then the air spring life has to be long enough. Probably only worth considering if an air spring was good for 200k. I recall a YouTube link where shock only was replaced, I think on a RR.

Scott

Originally Posted by LRD414

If it is just the shocks that are worn out, would there be any value in keeping the old air springs and fitting with new shocks? Or is shock reconditioning feasible? Perhaps not cost effective and then the air spring life has to be long enough. Probably only worth considering if an air spring was good for 200k. I recall a YouTube link where shock only was replaced, I think on a RR.

Scott

I'd say yes, with half the kms on them. Graeme found cracks in a weld on his old ones i think... Would have to be significantly cheaper than the $500ea i paid...

Bit of perspective for other 4x4s, the airbags alone from Airbag Man, to go inside the springs at Opposite Lock are $300 ea. Then they need a 2" lift so new springs plus shocks.... Love Discoverys...

Originally Posted by TuffRR

They may be colour coded for each side. From memory my front right was black and front left was green.

One last thing on this, the bottom bolt can be very tight. I gave up on trying to get it undone with a breaker bar(after using enough force to lift the entire hub).

I had a compressor and air gun, so just hit it with that. If you have a pipe or anything for extra leverage though, you should still be able to get it undone as the rattle gun did not struggle at all.

I only did 1 out of 4 by hand....

That's it.

Job well done...

Get in the gym and do all by hand next time (just taking the ****). Have a great Xmas