Series 1 Springs

**Lotz-A-Landies** · 14th October 2008, 09:12 AM

Originally Posted by Fourgearsticks

Are freewheeling hubs worth the effort?

As for springs, is it just the earlier ones that have different rates or heights for either side?

Neither myself or anyone I know has ever been able to give me a difference in fuel consumption with and without FWH.

Even if you do regularly engage the axles, it is likely that the prop shaft will find a natural position where resistance is least each time the FWH are disengaged and so wear the driveshaft in the same planes.

Even the Series 3 has different specifications for driver and passenger springs. There is however an argument that in Australia with cambered roads and most potholes on the edge of the bitumen, then you should use the same specification on both sides. Whether the argument is valid, is debatable because it always seems to be the drivers side that eventually rides lower.*

Diana

* perhaps we should carry a CWT bag of sand in the passengers side when there is only a driver!

**Fourgearsticks** · 14th October 2008, 09:50 AM

Originally Posted by Lotz-A-Landies

Even the Series 3 has different specifications for driver and passenger springs. There is however an argument that in Australia with cambered roads and most potholes on the edge of the bitumen, then you should use the same specification on both sides. Whether the argument is valid, is debatable because it always seems to be the drivers side that eventually rides lower.*

Diana

* perhaps we should carry a CWT bag of sand in the passengers side when there is only a driver!

Maybe that's a statement about drivers weights? I know there's more of me now than there was!

**Lotz-A-Landies** · 14th October 2008, 03:36 PM

Originally Posted by Fourgearsticks

Maybe that's a statement about drivers weights? I know there's more of me now than there was!

- How true!

**vin16660088** · 19th October 2008, 07:17 PM

hello, sorry for high jacking your thread, after finally getting the brakes sorted and tires back on im scratching my head as to why the Dingo is 15mm lower on the drivers side, would you think the likely cause is that ive put the front springs on the wrong sides, they were off the front axel when i purchased the 1000 piece car so ive no idea if they are on the right side or not, cheers. Anthony.

**101RRS** · 19th October 2008, 09:04 PM

Right hand (drivers side) springs are higher rated than passenger side (to account for the porkie driver). So I suspect you have the passenger spring on the drivers side and vice versa.

Garry

**Hebe** · 13th October 2009, 02:17 PM

Hi,

Where are replacement springs to be had?

Mooloolah-Paul · 13th October 2009, 04:15 PM

Thanks to Garrycol and Diana for the advice. My Landy sits lower on the right and I thought it was weak springs. I have never removed the springs since I bought it even when the chassis was sandblasted. So I bet the previous owner did.

I might use Diana's suggestion and carry two bags of chook food in the left when I eventually take it for roadworthy. Great idea.

**slug_burner** · 13th October 2009, 06:57 PM

Earlier reference to brinnelling I think maybe should have been to false brinnelling. False brinnelling is caused under a repetetive light load where as brinnelling is caused under a single appliacation of a large load tha exceeds material limit therefore leaving a dent or brinnell mark.

I don't know about the later springs but that used on 80" are not replaceable at your regular spring works as they only stock the spring steel in 6mm thinkness. At least that is what I found when i walked the yellowpages here in Melbourne.

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