Thread: six stud land rover??

if both diffs are offset to the drivers side then its probobly toyota axles, probobly 60 series.

Originally Posted by Lotz-A-Landies

This was a specialised poly tape with a new generation adhesive. It is ideally applied to new spring leaves, otherwise you have to remove all signs of rust and scale from the leaves before application of the tape and before the spring pack is assembled.

It would probably work the same a lubricated leaves but not attract grit which act as an abrasive to the springs.

I have a friend with an SIII diesel trayback who suspends the vehicle on is hoist with the axles dangling in mid air, he then sprays old sump oil from his Mack into the leaves with a kero gun then cleans everything up. The vehicle rides like its new. He also had a Defender trayback that never gets driven because he prefers the SIII. Go figure.

Diana

Try Poly-slide which is a non adhesive type, still looking for the one in question.

Thanks for that - took a while to find... The stuff fitted to the lancer springs seemed like nylon, but I suppose UHMWPE sounds more like it. I can't see any advantage on having it bonded to one side of each leaf though. But sikaflex would probably do the job - if anything.

I have never seen this mythical "springs being worn by grit" effect. But I have seen plenty of dry rusty springs that have worn significantly. Good spring steel is extremely hard, so I'm sure the grit wouldn't do much more than give the spring a light facial