Thread: Axle check straps

you can throw the check straps in my bin if you like.....I'm going for the look then then application

Originally Posted by NiteMare

check straps are only really to protect the shocks "without" internal buffers (original oil filled shocks) from over extending, if you have modern gas shocks i'd hazard a guess that you "have" the internal buffers...

on saying that i have para's fitted and run on "heavy duty 109" front shocks all round (88" Bitsa), i haven't broken them yet and they seem to cope with damping the para's quite well

Hi,

Well as I wrote before I have OME (Old Man Emu) Nitrocharger shock absorbers installed which I think are Gas shocks.

I contacted the ARB technical support in USA and got as an answer that if the springs do not fully extend the shock absorbers it is OK, but if Yes then I should use limiting straps or in this case axle check straps as they are called in Land Rover Serie 2 language.

Here is the exact text of the e-mail I got

Hi Rainer,

The shock should be the limiting factor of suspension extension during slow speed articulation. There should be enough range of motion in the shock to not be the limiting factor of extension during high speed travel (the suspension generally travels less distance at higher speeds than traversing larger, slow speed obstacles). Assuming the shocks have the correct amount of travel so as to not “top out” at higher speeds the limiting straps should not be necessary.

Best Regards,

*name deleted by me*

ARB Tech

regards Rainer (Mexico)