Thread: Superior Engineering Superflex arms for Rovers.

Originally Posted by 460cixy

What tray did you have on it mines 2020kg no fuel no spare no junk in the tool boxes no winch no second battery

Cut down aluminium tray with no sides, only a spare tyre. I do have a tube bar and a winch. Hyd pump at lt230 and res was attached to the tray. I think my rear weight was 940kg. My rear springs are not right at 250lb/in (could be lower down to 190lb/in which would still give a higher frequency in the back given the lighter weight) but I tow....

I had 210lb/in fronts and would not go back after running these 190lb/in. I have Koni Toy 80 series +2 shocks in front (these have more bump than LR spec Konis)

Interesting I should weigh mine front and rear and actually have a go as geting the springs right fronts are too heavy and rears are too light but fitted air bags in them fixed that

Serg, was that just a front measurement ?

A rough guess would have the total somewhere above 1800kg with your lightweight

Originally Posted by rick130

Serg, was that just a front measurement ?

A rough guess would have the total somewhere above 1800kg with your lightweight

Total was 2070kg, which seems right given LR state the kerb for a bone stock Tdi 110 pick-up as 1890kg.

My weight was with me in it, 1/2 tank fuel and all the fittings, i.e.:

MD drag rod and track link
HD rear trailing arms
HD Sliders
LT20 pto and hyd pump
Tube bar
winch
hyd fittings and components, including 20lt res.
laminated front axle housing with MD locker (hemisphere is heavier than stock)
HD sals diff guard.
HD front shock towers

It wouldnt take much for those things to add up for sure.

Hi,

I put a set of these arms on a couple of weeks ago but after installing them I found the car pulled hard to the right under braking, I had also done some work on the brakes so put it down to this but after checking everything I finally put the old arms in and the problem has gone away.

So with the superflex arms installed when I brake heavily the car car dips on the passenger side and pulls hard right.

I have emailed Superior about this a couple of times as the do not supply any fitting instructions with the arms but it seems the do not want to know me now they have my money, last $'s they will ever get from me!

Would anybody be able to advise on the fitting of these?
Could anyone put up a picture showing where all the washers go, there's 10 supplied in the pack, I had 4 on the normal arm side(2 for each bush) 2 for the top bush on the superflex side, 1 with the spacer tube at the front and the rest packing the lower bush(I still had to add an extra washer so 11 in total used), I kept everything symmetrical and it all looked straight as I tightened everything,

Any help or ideas would be very much appreciated

Thanks

Tristan

Hi


I just finished putting mine and test driving it today, test drove it and it was fine better tan I expected really

Unless the arms are bent which is possible but unlikely, it must be somewhere in the set up


There domes Picts in another thread of them being set up the puma in members rides with portals if I remember right

I had problems with the washers it's slack that they don,t include a pics or diagram with where they go, ring em up and complain I lodged a verbal complaint not good enough I reckon

That said check the chassis bracket ends are equal the toe of those bushes must be seated right otherwise the arms will be an unequal length and steer to the short side. Mine where hard to seat I counted the threads on the end to check the lengths were equal.

I only used one washer per normal bush on the inside faces pushing the arms out to the wheels, they were running too close to the chassis for my comfort. No way could I fit any more washers in either.

I think the issues somewhere in your truck and you.ll have to labour to find it, still reckon superior should help though.


Best of luck


Clive

For those who have fitted these arms, how does it travel on the road? Any difference to normal arms?

Hi


Mine seems pretty much the same, just a touch more roll across the front, as iit should.

I'm about to restrain my rear axle top & bottom and install longer and softer springs so should roll more evenly across each axle after that.


Clive