Thread: MY WAGON new toy

Originally Posted by jerryd

Hi Banjo,
Have you not thought about getting your springs re tempered and set correctly rather than replacing them ??

I fitted new springs and I thought they were dreadful I then got the originals rebuilt and I must say they work perfect now and the vehicle sits level.I am going to get the rears done again though just to get an extra 25mm height for carrying a full load.

Yeah i rang the only place near us & it was $250 each spring was cheaper to get new ones & i have the concern they will collaps quicker then usual..

Originally Posted by garrycol

What was wrong with the springs that required them to be replaced?

The front spring where completely stuffed the passenger side was packed with rubber on top & bottom & it had plastic inbetween all the leaves..
Back ones where just old & sagged..

Doesnt matter now both are in the markets for sale.Need to get a car the daughter can drive & we just cant spend the money on them weekly to get them done..Green one will go once i have a car for the daughter..

I will get some pics of the old springs today for use anyway..

They seemed OK with no sagging - maybe needed a bush or two but I did not have a close look - the plastic between the leaves was most likely a lubricating strip that some springs have.

Good luck with the sale.

Garry

What are Parabolics worth about $1100 for the complete kit last time i looked when i was doing the green one...To have my springs reset is $1000..

These are the springs i took off..





NO idea what to do anymore..

Those springs look to be in pretty good order, even considering the broken leaves. If they were mine I would strip them and sand them and grind down the wear steps and reassemble with grease or oil.

They can be made more flexible by discarding some leaves - perhaps the broken ones!

If they don't have enough set then they are worth having hot-reset. PM Isuzurover for advice,

Cheers Charlie

That problem you had/have with the U-Bolts being too short. Is due to your front diff housing being a military one. (Noticed that from your pic) As I just had the same problem with mine (Just installed Para's in my S3 109). The passenger side ones were fine, but drivers side ones were too short. Found out later on that the ones I had for the rear springs fit perfectly. Usually the ones that get supplied with the spring sets, get supplied with U-Bolts for the civvy diff housings. So when one has a military diff housing, you need longer U-bolts on one side or the other..

Wolf

Originally Posted by Wolfman_TWP

That problem you had/have with the U-Bolts being too short. Is due to your front diff housing being a military one. (Noticed that from your pic) As I just had the same problem with mine (Just installed Para's in my S3 109). The passenger side ones were fine, but drivers side ones were too short. Found out later on that the ones I had for the rear springs fit perfectly. Usually the ones that get supplied with the spring sets, get supplied with U-Bolts for the civvy diff housings. So when one has a military diff housing, you need longer U-bolts on one side or the other..

Wolf

Hi Wolf yeah i new mine was is a military diff , i ment there the wrong U bolts cause they where told it was a military diff when got the U bolts. They just dont seem to listen & happy to give sell you what ever they think will be ok..Actualy i dont think any of my landys have ever had a civvy diff..

Im just waiting to hear back from FWD Motors about Paras .I only emailed them yesdy so hopefuly i'll hear back soon enough.. I read on the RM site they sell the 2 leaf fronts for all MODELS but i want the 4 leafs for the rear ...Can i ask how much they cost you ????

I got my parabolic spring set locally. They were around $800. Next time i will get RM paras. I hear they are better quality.