Thanks for the replies.
Any links to the strip and rebuild process.
Whitehillbilly
Thanks for the replies.
Any links to the strip and rebuild process.
Whitehillbilly
I was discussing this with a guy I know that has been in the 4WD suspension game from the early days.
He recommends after stripping and cleaning the leafs to use a zinc rich grey primer, then paint black and use a graphite grease during reassembly.
I followed this when i recently did mine apart from wrapping with tape my leaf spring refurb | Rover P5 Club Forum
Has anyone used Teflon spring pads (or better still, Teflon strips) on series springs? Would involve drilling a hole near the end of the leaves to locate the pads.
Chris
2014 D4 TDV6
1954 86"
1963 2A Forward Control (getting the full treatment, Isuzu 4JH1, MYY5T, LT230, Toyota Axles, extended cab ++)
1980 Stage 1 v8 (gone)
Have fun drilling the holes - the spring leaves are hard!
John
JDNSW
1986 110 County 3.9 diesel
1970 2a 109 2.25 petrol
There is a US site called Expedition Landrovers, lots of interesting information, including using stick on teflon tape between the springs. Only thing is that it would add some thickness to the springs and might need some change to the U-bolts and will also need some changes to the shocks since the standard shocks rely on the friction between the springs to provide some shock absorption. This is the same if you put parabolics on, no interspring friction therefore different shock required. I looked at the tape a few years ago but it was very expensive so I ended up chamfering the ends of the leaves and diamond cutting them to make them work a little better.
Cheers,
TimJ.
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