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Re: Kessy mk2 340, Leaning!
Posted: 02 Mar 2011 02:19 pm
by L14MNP
theo2468 wrote:fuck sake, cant be bothered to change my leaf spring
LOL @ CBA. Do it now whilst you're not driving. You will have even less time when you can actually use the car.
Good opportunity for some GLT leaves too.
Re: Kessy mk2 340, Leaning!
Posted: 02 Mar 2011 02:21 pm
by volvosneverdie
L14MNP wrote:theo2468 wrote:fuck sake, cant be bothered to change my leaf spring
LOL @ CBA..
superheat the other one till it fails to the same degree. Lowered. Done.
Re: Kessy mk2 340, Leaning!
Posted: 02 Mar 2011 02:26 pm
by theo2468
yeah if some GLT ones come about ill get them, could always do a sneaky change of leaf springs with my GLT ha
Re: Kessy mk2 340, Leaning!
Posted: 02 Mar 2011 06:35 pm
by sven360
That would be the easiest and cheapest solution.
Re: Kessy mk2 340, Leaning!
Posted: 02 Mar 2011 07:18 pm
by Speedy88
Leaf springs are easy bud, you just need to undo the 5 bolts on the bottom of each bracket and then the 2 end bolts. Just don't be sitting underneath them when they drop out, those things weigh quite a bit

Re: Kessy mk2 340, Leaning!
Posted: 02 Mar 2011 07:22 pm
by theo2468
Speedy88 wrote:Leaf springs are easy bud, you just need to undo the 5 bolts on the bottom of each bracket and then the 2 end bolts. Just don't be sitting underneath them when they drop out, those things weigh quite a bit

no need had a closer look at the shock and it seems that there leaking as fluids running down them, hopefully this is an excuse to get some landy shocks (would get dais but dont have the money yet and want to be stiffer now)
Re: Kessy mk2 340, Leaning!
Posted: 02 Mar 2011 09:07 pm
by Evoman
do you landy shocks just bolt straight on? or do they have different eyelets?
Re: Kessy mk2 340, Leaning!
Posted: 02 Mar 2011 09:10 pm
by theo2468
Bolt straight on
Re: Kessy mk2 340, Leaning!
Posted: 02 Mar 2011 09:19 pm
by Evoman
thats awsome, becuase theres a vast choice of landy shocks!
Re: Kessy mk2 340, Leaning!
Posted: 02 Mar 2011 09:37 pm
by theo2468
What you need is landy 90 or 110 front shocks which bolt straight on to the back of a 300
Re: Kessy mk2 340, Leaning!
Posted: 02 Mar 2011 10:22 pm
by Evoman
not rear ones aswell? landys dont have a strut like the volvo, the shock is outside the spring as it a beam axle. You can adjustable Fox shock for landrovers, £170 each though lol!
Re: Kessy mk2 340, Leaning!
Posted: 02 Mar 2011 11:04 pm
by theo2468
Landy front shocks go on to the back of 300.
Re: Kessy mk2 340, Leaning!
Posted: 03 Mar 2011 12:10 am
by Chris_C
Just because they are adjustable doesnt mean they are in the correct range... do the maths
Very heavy low frequency off road work vs light high frequncy fast road.
Re: Kessy mk2 340, Leaning!
Posted: 03 Mar 2011 12:23 am
by magnumpi
filthyjohn wrote:Magnumpi got owned thinking his car was leaning but it had a front wheel parked on a lump LOL
If you're gonna check ride height make sure it's on a flat and level surface. I find it hard to believe that one spring would sag noticeably more than the other, they'll have come off the same machine consecutively, made with the same batch of metal on the same day, to the same spec!
Ah my reputation precedes me
As i fully found out and FJ is saying make sure that the ground you use as a test bed is flat, mine looked it, but really wasn't, that was a weekend of arsing about for no reason!
Just my two pennys worth re-shocks. Chris-C speaks the truth. I'm using Koni adjustables on the back of mine and still think they are set a bit hard, remember they are only dampers, not springs thats what makes the difference.
Re: Kessy mk2 340, Leaning!
Posted: 03 Mar 2011 12:26 am
by theo2468
im confused?
Adjustables? all im getting is standard land rover shocks