Thread: Disco 1 suspension question??

Originally Posted by Dougal

I've weighed my rangie side/side and the drivers side came out 60kg heavier. I put this down to driveshafts and diffheads, the majority of which are all unsprung weight.

My rangie drives best with the longer springs in the passengers side, but the springs I'm currently running are close to equal length so the difference in length is only natural variation.

Interestingly the original front axle from my RRC has the radius arm mounts welded on wrong, with this axle fitted I needed about 20mm of spacers in the drivers side springs to make it sit level. With a later disco axle in the front it sits level with no spacers.
I originally put this down to previous owners misadventure, but now I think it's landrovers own jigs being out. Most early rangies lean and I think this is why.
Fix the radius arm brackets and they drive soo much better.

60kg isn't much overall, and I agree, a lot of that would be the diffs.

Land Rovers with dodgy tolerances ?
Who'd a thunk it

Originally Posted by disco2hse

Probably not.

Their engineers are pretty good actually and I think they are/were able to do their sums.

Engineers doing their sums has nothing to do with the welders not giving a damn.

Originally Posted by Dougal

Engineers doing their sums has nothing to do with the welders not giving a damn.

And welders ability has nothing to do with jig design/accuracy.

Originally Posted by disco2hse

And welders ability has nothing to do with jig design/accuracy.

So everything that's ever been welded on the **** was the design engineers fault?