Thread: STEERING TROUBLES

Originally Posted by banjo

Maybe i should swap them over. The car sits level when its on level ground i think..from memory . . .

Originally Posted by banjo

there seems to be more room between the rod & spring on the drivers side . . .

I thought you were fitting new springs anyway? If not then yeah, swapping them may help. Those springs definately look different, they even have a different number of leaves hey?

Originally Posted by TJWA

I thought you were fitting new springs anyway? If not then yeah, swapping them may help. Those springs definately look different, they even have a different number of leaves hey?

I am was fitting springs new standard ones , was hoping i could put it off & get parobolics.. If i get the new springs should i move the bolts that little bit or just put the springs on . . . .

Originally Posted by Lotz-A-Landies

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So will this spacer be a wedge? If it's not it is a very crude correction that will correct the problem at one end of the spring and at the same time put the other end out.

If you have a bent chassis, or in this case an incorrect repair, you should correct the error rather than fudge the results!

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I thought it was a great idea .

I have the feeling the different spring may be causing more of his problem than the chassis being a little out.

Originally Posted by banjo

I am was fitting springs new standard ones , was hoping i could put it off & get parobolics.. If i get the new springs should i move the bolts that little bit or just put the springs on . . . .

I would swap the springs over that you have, or fit new ones first. I honestly don't think moving the bolt hole down 5mm will make the difference you need. It's not that bad a job to change springs, I did it a month ago and then again two weeks ago when one of my new parabolics broke!

By the way, I'd fix that bump stop before you go four wheel driving, I have had a tyre hit a spring before in four wheel drive and broken a half shaft uni!

What kind of tyres are those?

Oh, and on the chassis thing, my chassis may be out more than yours (probably due to being dropped from a helicopter).

Here ya go banjo

265627 11 leaf front
272967 8 leaf RH rear
272968 8 leaf LH rear
276034 11 RH front

The D/S springs are slightly stiffer than the passenger due to the driver and truck so if you swap yours over the driverside gets lower then im guessing it had the right spring

Adam

Originally Posted by agrojnr

Here ya go banjo

265627 11 leaf front
272967 8 leaf RH rear
272968 8 leaf LH rear
276034 11 RH front

The D/S springs are slightly stiffer than the passenger due to the driver and truck so if you swap yours over the driverside gets lower then im guessing it had the right spring

Adam

Oh dear, I didn't realise they were meant to be different. The parabolics are exactly the same, left and right.

Originally Posted by TJWA

Oh dear, I didn't realise they were meant to be different. The parabolics are exactly the same, left and right.

Yeah was told that...When we had the series 2a LWB we put brandnew springs on it which we got from all4X4 newcastle & i asked them if they where handed L/R .They said na all new springs are made to be the same .Then i said is it posabable to put them in back to front they said no there was no front or back to each spring..The springs we got a price on are Max Trax 9 leaf Fronts & 11 leaf Rears .Thin as they are surposed to be a tad softer ride.
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