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After I (actually Brian Alan and I) fitted LC springs to my old Surf, and once it settled down, the back of the truck sat squint (lower on the offside). Is there anything on the market to compensate for this? Or anyone got any ideas on how to fix it?
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Weight watchers?Originally posted by Albannach View Post
You could measure the difference and get a spacer made up for the spring to sit on. Know anyone with a lathe? -
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I suggested to Mark a while back that he does a spring seat pack especially for LC springs where one is about 1/2" thicker than the other for this very reason.
You can even it out on the torsion bars as they do lift the back slightly too, but its not the answer because you end up with a different rate 'spring' on that side.
My lathe isn't big enough for that diameter.
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Originally posted by BUSHWHACKER View PostWeight watchers?Drivers seat and the fuel tank are both empty, it's still leaning over.Originally posted by Growler View PostMove the fuel tank to the other side
I know a very good and reasonably cheap machine shop. Maybe pay them a visit?Originally posted by BUSHWHACKER View Post
Would it be as simple as a spacer?Do you know that, with a 50 character limit, it'sComment
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tsk, tsk, dangerous diy mods, then compound it with a diy bodge, just dont get involved in an accident, or its jail for you my boy.
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WTF are you on about Dangerous DIY and DIY bodge? I'll certainly not bodge anything and mentioning DIY suggests that you are under the misapprehension that I'm an amateur.Originally posted by Bogus View Posttsk, tsk, dangerous diy mods, then compound it with a diy bodge, just dont get involved in an accident, or its jail for you my boy.
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Fitting spacers on top of 3" lift coils is pushing it a bit without adding all the drop brackets etc, isn't it ? You'll end up with the back wheels under the rear passenger doors
Cut 1 spring down instead !
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I'd only fit a spacer to the off side to even them up, maybe a very thin locator on the other side.Do you know that, with a 50 character limit, it'sComment
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Hi Andy,
I remember when I made my spacers that for a small spacer (I wanted a 3/4" lift but went with 1 1/4 to keep some strength in them) theres not too much space available on the chassis side due to the locating 'bump'. Are LC coils a larger diameter than the surf ones ? This would mean I could probably make you up a pair from nylon. If they need to be alloy for strength reasons I can't help.
Rob.
I've attatched a drawing of a 'standard' 38mm spacer. If you made it 12mm it would lose all the meat in the area marked X. Easier to understand than the dribble above
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You really should have locators anyway - LC springs dont fit properly without them.Originally posted by wishbone View PostFitting spacers on top of 3" lift coils is pushing it a bit without adding all the drop brackets etc, isn't it ? You'll end up with the back wheels under the rear passenger doors
Cut 1 spring down instead !
Rob.
A locator as built by 'stein is abour 1/4" thick, so after you pull off the original locator its about the same. A half inch thicker one on one side isn't going to affect the rear geometry excessively in the great scheme of things.Cutting steps in the roof of the worldComment
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My old truck is currently 40mm lower on the O/S then the N/S. That kind of suggests something else isn't quite right, possibly the torsion bars aren't evenly adjusted.
How much longer is the standard O/S spring, compared to the standard N/S spring? And how much thicker should an O/S spacer be to compensate for the equal length LC springs?Do you know that, with a 50 character limit, it'sComment
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The question is how much longer when under compression as the LC ones are much stiffer than original Surf ones.
I doubt they wear evenly, and sooner or later will sag just like any other spring. My torsion bars have the same amount of turns on each side and I have about 1/2" - 1" of difference depending where I park. Having said that, no guarantee that the torsion bars haven't gone soft at different rates either.
I used to get hung up about it. These days I aint bothered. I put it down to me being a fat b@stard
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Not yet, will go look!Originally posted by Apache View PostDo you know that, with a 50 character limit, it'sComment
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Replied. There's a bit of drizzle up here by the way...Do you know that, with a 50 character limit, it'sComment
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