Results 1 to 8 of 8

Thread: OME ride height

  1. 1st October 2006, 06:44 PM #1
    C2518's Avatar
    C2518
    C2518 is offline Fossicker
    Join Date
    Sep 2006
    Location
    Northern Ireland & Libya
    Posts
    20
    Total Downloaded
    0

    OME ride height

    I 've just fitted OME suspension all round; springs, shocks and damper, on my '91 Discovery V8. for some reason i now have a ride height difference of 17mm from left to right. The drivers side(left) sits noticeably higher (not a problem with the original shocks & springs). spoke to ARB and they reckon I should anticipate up to 10mm difference as a maximum. there is no damage to the chassis mounts or shell. measurements are being taken from the lower wheel rim to the edge of the wheel arch at the same position on each wheel. any input/advice much appreciated.
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  2. 1st October 2006, 07:05 PM #2
    Bushie's Avatar
    Bushie
    Bushie is offline AT REST Gold Subscriber
    Join Date
    May 2002
    Location
    Heathcote (in "The Shire")
    Posts
    5,348
    Total Downloaded
    0
    Did the OME springs have the same free length, most Landie springs are different across the vehicle ie FR/FL

    A useful reference
    http://members.shaw.ca/jbarge/springinfo.html


    Martyn
    1998 Defender
    2008 Madigan
    2010 Cape York
    2012 Beadell, Bombs and other Blasts
    2014 Centreing the Simpson
    VKS-737 mob 7669



    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  3. 1st October 2006, 07:05 PM #3
    justinc's Avatar
    justinc
    justinc is offline Swaggie Vendor
    Join Date
    Aug 2006
    Location
    Kingston, Tassie, OZ.
    Posts
    13,728
    Total Downloaded
    0
    It could be possible that one of the springs is not fully seated in its upper mount, have a look and see if they are in all the way concentrically.
    This is not as unusual as it seems. It is quite easy to do when fitting springs.

    JC
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  4. 1st October 2006, 07:13 PM #4
    C2518's Avatar
    C2518
    C2518 is offline Fossicker
    Join Date
    Sep 2006
    Location
    Northern Ireland & Libya
    Posts
    20
    Total Downloaded
    0
    i will be trying to problem solve with streaky over the next few weeks.
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  5. 1st October 2006, 09:23 PM #5
    Graeme
    Graeme is offline Swaggie Vendor
    Join Date
    Jan 1970
    Location
    NSW SW Slopes
    Posts
    12,036
    Total Downloaded
    0
    Are the springs marked as drivers side and passengers side, or left and right? If they are different, maybe they are specified for RHD installations.
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  6. 2nd October 2006, 01:39 PM #6
    C2518's Avatar
    C2518
    C2518 is offline Fossicker
    Join Date
    Sep 2006
    Location
    Northern Ireland & Libya
    Posts
    20
    Total Downloaded
    0
    the springs were labelled and fitted as follows:
    Front Left OME761 A
    Front Right OME761 B
    Rear Left OME762 A
    Rear Right OME762 B
    The vehicle is lefthand drive so perhaps it might help if i swopped them over.
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  7. 2nd October 2006, 01:56 PM #7
    LandyAndy's Avatar
    LandyAndy
    LandyAndy is offline RoverLord Gold Subscriber
    Join Date
    Feb 2004
    Location
    Williams West Aust
    Posts
    20,998
    Total Downloaded
    0
    Hi
    I think you may have hit the nail on the head,if they are RH drive springs there would be a slight difference in the springs for the drivers weight and the camber on the road for driving on the LH side.
    Driving on the RH side would mean the springs are opposite both for the drivers weight and the camber.
    I would check with OME before changing them over but it would account for your lean.
    Andrew
    DISCOVERY IS TO BE DISOWNED
    Midlife Crisis.Im going to get stuck into mine early and ENJOY it.
    Snow White MY14 TDV6 D4
    Alotta Fagina MY14 CAT 12M Motor Grader
    2003 Stacer 525 Sea Master Sport
    I made the 1 millionth AULRO post
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  8. 2nd October 2006, 06:36 PM #8
    rovermad Guest
    Andrew what you are saying is correct. I am not completely familiar with the layout of a discovery however when I fitted a 2" lift to my tray back patrol I noticed the same thing and when I went back and questioned the dealer they came back with the same reasons, fuel tank, driver, road camber and to compensate for this the RHS spring is stronger and therefore has a different load rating to the LHS.

    To solve the problem and give an even ride height I purchased an additional spring set and fitted a rh spring to the LHS and now everything is good.

    DO NOT under any circumstance fit packers to the rear of a vehicle as a dealer did to mine and it started to come out causing the spring to bow and if left it would have sprung out.

    Someone may be able to help me out here as I am having a hard time understanding why we need all of this fine tuning on springs when it never seemed to be a problem on older vehicles and was unheard of on leaf spring vehicles. Granted they are two totally different systems, however surely coils are not sensitive to the point of being effected by the weight of the driver and one fuel tank.
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
« O-ring sizing | Running rough »

Bookmarks

Bookmarks

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •  

Forum Rules

Search AULRO.com ONLY!
 Search All the Web!