Thread: Front or rear mounted rear shocks

id say it was earlier than that, all 3 of the 1984 rangies i have had, have been the later setup

Originally Posted by jazzaD1

id say it was earlier than that, all 3 of the 1984 rangies i have had, have been the later setup

My 1985 is both forwards. The changeover was supposed to be 86 model year (which my 85 could be), but who knows when it actually happened.

One of my mates reckon it was a relic from leaf sprung days when one forward and one backward would help control axle tramp a little. I can't think of a better explanation.

Originally Posted by Dougal

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One of my mates reckon it was a relic from coil sprung days when one forward and one backward would help control axle tramp a little. I can't think of a better explanation.

maybe from ye olde leaf spring days too

Originally Posted by rick130

maybe from ye olde leaf spring days too

Err, yes. Fixed now.

Okay . a relic from the days of Leaf springs . Sounds a bit strange seeing it was probably specced in the late 60's . Allright then , then why the move to 2 front mounted shocks after 15 years of manufacture ?
Perhaps seeing the drivers side was the rear mount , moving it to the front now gave access to the new filter and filter sedimentor for the introduction of the Diesel VM and later the the EFI ,? just a guess !!
More curious to see what the effect to chassis / suspension dynamics the changing of shock mounting actually makes .

Originally Posted by 400HPONGAS

Okay . a relic from the days of Leaf springs . Sounds a bit strange seeing it was probably specced in the late 60's . Allright then , then why the move to 2 front mounted shocks after 15 years of manufacture ?
Perhaps seeing the drivers side was the rear mount , moving it to the front now gave access to the new filter and filter sedimentor for the introduction of the Diesel VM and later the the EFI ,? just a guess !!
More curious to see what the effect to chassis / suspension dynamics the changing of shock mounting actually makes .

The geometry does change differently for each damper in a front/back system as the suspension cycles. But I don't think it'd be noticable at all when driving.