Exmoor Beast Posted May 22, 2007 Share Posted May 22, 2007 I managed to dislocate a front spring last night. Jubilee clips or some form of relocation called for? Discuss... Will Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hybrid_From_Hell Posted May 22, 2007 Share Posted May 22, 2007 I managed to dislocate a front spring last night.Jubilee clips or some form of relocation called for? Discuss... Will How ? Rear Ok, but front - jeez ! well done, please say what you set up is, sounds good ! Seriously I am puzzled here, fronts normally are fine, as the shocker holds it in and the radius arms don't exactly allow the flex we all wnat, have you modified anything in some way inc changing the shocks To Fix, you have them clmaped at the base, jubille clip on the tops, but as I say well puzzled as to how you mnaged this ! Nige Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dollythelw Posted May 22, 2007 Share Posted May 22, 2007 Nige - we've just had to stretch the dislocation cones at the front of petal by another 2 1/2" and thats with a spring free length of 16.5" I want a 7 foot highlift Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JST Posted May 22, 2007 Share Posted May 22, 2007 Will, did you do it whilst you were doing some maintenance on them..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve 90 Posted May 22, 2007 Share Posted May 22, 2007 Either a very good setup or a very poor one. I know someone who had a std 110 just with +2 shocks and "orange" +2 springs. The springs were so poor that they dislocated and jammed everything up everytime he went over anything more adventurous than a kerb! Eveytime he got on something a bit rough the weighted wheel would refuse to go up and the wheel on the opposite side would just drop of the end of a spring that never seemed to grow in length. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Exmoor Beast Posted May 22, 2007 Author Share Posted May 22, 2007 its nothing special, britpart +1.5" front springs and pro-comp dampers with inch lower turrets. measuring from the arch edge it reached the damper extreme at 25 7/8" to the wheel centre. upward movement seems fine, I haven't ramped it to make sure it reaches the bump stops before the dampers stop it though which is a bit silly. Must do that asap, and definately before any more silly offroad stuff. I think jubilee clips will lose me about an inch of droop, but if theres no load on the wheel then so what Will Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Exmoor Beast Posted May 22, 2007 Author Share Posted May 22, 2007 Will, did you do it whilst you were doing some maintenance on them..... errrrrr.....no. Will Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark90 Posted May 22, 2007 Share Posted May 22, 2007 britpart +1.5" front springs ................ with inch lower turrets Well that sound like your problem. Don't britpart springs achive the lift by being stifff rather than long? So a not very flexy spring and a lowered shock mount is going to lead to dislocation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Exmoor Beast Posted May 22, 2007 Author Share Posted May 22, 2007 about 3/4" too short Mark I will jubilee clip them. I can't see the 3/4" loss in droopyness will worry me too much at the moment. Will Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveG Posted May 22, 2007 Share Posted May 22, 2007 Well that sound like your problem. Don't britpart springs achive the lift by being stifff rather than long? So a not very flexy spring and a lowered shock mount is going to lead to dislocation. Britpart 4202's are 390mm, 15.3" long, same as a OME 751, so not shorter than most. Agrre about point on articulation though. If the shock/travel is long enough then spring can dislocate on standard radius arms and bushes. What shocks are you running Will? I assume it was your passenger side that popped out. When I was running 4202's with -2" mounts and +2 DeCarbon's my nearside would just start to dislocate too. That was with stock radius arms and bushes. Cheers Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveG Posted May 22, 2007 Share Posted May 22, 2007 about 3/4" too short Mark I will jubilee clip them. I can't see the 3/4" loss in droopyness will worry me too much at the moment. Will You shouldn't lose 3/4" as spring will expand slightly Cheers Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Exmoor Beast Posted May 22, 2007 Author Share Posted May 22, 2007 good point Steve +2 pro-comps or the record. yep n/s popped Will Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Neale Posted May 22, 2007 Share Posted May 22, 2007 good point Steve +2 pro-comps or the record. yep n/s popped Will That'll be your problem then Will - haven't you got lowered turrets on the front as well? I'm running a similar setup to you - also +2" procomp shocks on the front - but with standard height turrets. The front spring just starts to dislocate (about 1/4" of clearance) at full droop. Matt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Exmoor Beast Posted May 23, 2007 Author Share Posted May 23, 2007 Found some clips so I will get the beggars attached and report back. Thanks folks for the comments and abuse Will Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
honitonhobbit Posted May 23, 2007 Share Posted May 23, 2007 Will try a set of Disco 2 OE relocation seats - about 20notes the pair and allow about 1.5inches of relocation... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Exmoor Beast Posted May 24, 2007 Author Share Posted May 24, 2007 I was looking into them last week and couldn't find the part no, got sidetracked and forgot to get back to it Cheers Will Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveG Posted May 24, 2007 Share Posted May 24, 2007 RBC100111 Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Exmoor Beast Posted May 24, 2007 Author Share Posted May 24, 2007 Wheres the big kiss emoticon? Thanks Steve. Will Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Escape Posted May 24, 2007 Share Posted May 24, 2007 A friend of mine runs a RRC lifted with (my) standard Defender springs. He also found they could just dislocate on the front and solved it with clips, works great now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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