Front coil fouling on chassis

[POD]

Just got back from a 2 day trip into Wonnangatta, got sick of the sound of the inside of the left front coil spring catching on the chassis rail whenever articulating. The 130 has been lifted around 60mm, so I guess there is a bit of lateral shift of the axle due to the arc of the panhard rod, which decreases the clearance. Wondering what others have done to overcome this issue.

[JDNSW]

I do not have the problem, not having a lifted vehicle, but I know that you can get adjustable length panhard rods, and I suggest this is what you need. Any place selling lifting bits should have them.

John

[Slunnie]

This is pretty common on LandRovers. The spring perches are so close to the chassis.

[Loubrey]

The downside of changing the Defender's geometry...

45mm to 50mm true lift is the maximum you can get away with out having to spend more money on a list of items to correct and protect.

Adjustable pan hard rods are around $350 for the Terrafirma ones and up to $400 odd for the proper ones sold by Equipe.

Landrover Tuning :: Adjustable Panhard Rod for Defender

Cheers,

Lou

[POD]

Sounds like an adjustable panhard rod is what I need. Hadn't heard of this when looking into doing the lift, I bought a double-cardan front propshaft at great expense, I guess once you start it never ends.

[JDNSW]

I think that is what Loubrey meant!

John

[Vern]

$250.00 from ben at APT Fabrication

[Tombie]

The downside of changing the Defender's geometry...

45mm to 50mm true lift is the maximum you can get away with out having to spend more money on a list of items to correct and protect.

Adjustable pan hard rods are around $350 for the Terrafirma ones and up to $400 odd for the proper ones sold by Equipe.

Landrover Tuning :: Adjustable Panhard Rod for Defender

Cheers,

Lou

Or support a local bloke:

APT Fabrication Custom Land Rover Parts & Accessories - APT Adjustable Panhard - Heavy Duty | Defender from 2002 | Discovery 2

$250.00 for a heavy duty unit

[Vern]

To slow Tombie, I beat ya

[rrturboD]

Once you make the panhard rod shorter, your spring issue should go away.
When I fitted mine, set the new adjustable to same as standard, fitted, then played with adjustment till the spring mounts on each side were same distance from chassis. I would have to measure it now, but think I ended up with it about 12mm shorter.