Hybrid_From_Hell Posted May 4, 2009 Share Posted May 4, 2009 Hi All, This is a request from anyone here with a STANDARD suspensioned 90 or Defender, ie running FACTORY standard suspension Having been playing with the 90s springing again, I have used non handed spring in the front, and I would like to have some idea of the factory set up to compare, so could anyone here with a standard genuine factory suspension set up grab a tape measure and post up the fopllowing Measure 4 x around the 4x4 at the rear side on to the rear body, and measure from ground to say the centre of the capping then use say the top bolt centre of the top hinge on the door hinge to the ground and then post up Model : Passenger side front Height Passenger side rear Height Driver side front Height Drivers side rear Height I would also be grateful for an indication of the gap in mm between top of axles and bump stop bottoms, I think they will be simialr in all 4 locations, but this is secondary the corner heights is what I am really needing Thanks Nige Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jericho Posted May 4, 2009 Share Posted May 4, 2009 I took the opportunity before the rain comes - 300 90 hardtop utility 1996/97 unmolested factory standard. 1220 1285 1210 1275 85mm gap on bothsides of front axle,100mm gap on rear axle. The bump gaps tricky to measure accurately,but correct +/- 2mm. The road is not dead level - the slight camber tips the truck to the drivers side. I measured to the centre of the capping as requested,rather than the top of it,which would have been easier. From the body measurements and the camber of the road,I expected to see a 10mm difference in the bump gaps,but there was little or nothing discernable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveG Posted May 4, 2009 Share Posted May 4, 2009 If measuring from the ground, you'll also need to know what tyre/wheels are fitted and what psi they are running at from a post when I first got my 2005 90 TC... The 'Standard' 90 from the factory comes with following springs (plus length and poundage)..RH Rear NRC9448 Blue/Red 15.31" 225 lbs/inch RH Front NRC9446 Blue/Green 15.19" 175 lbs/inch LH Rear NRC9449 Yellow/White 14.80" 225 lbs/inch LH Front NRC9447 Blue/Yellow 14.80" 175 lbs/inch I measured it all before hand. I used centre of hub to wheel arch. It was cold and wet so I couldn't be arsed to measure better measurement of axle to bumpstop! RH Rear 52.3cm LH Rear 50.4cm RH Front 52.3cm LH Front 51cm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jericho Posted May 4, 2009 Share Posted May 4, 2009 If measuring from the ground, you'll also need to know what tyre/wheels are fitted and what psi they are running at Good point. Measurement from ground to centre of each hub - 365mm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hybrid_From_Hell Posted May 4, 2009 Author Share Posted May 4, 2009 Hmmmmmmmm Thanks, curious and interesting I am trying to find out if as I think the drivers side front sits a bit higher than say the passenger front, so that when "Mr Porky" gets in with his lunch it then sits level.. Mine is a Factory V8, so the colours of the spring etc from Steve G is spot on Fronts have 15.19 vs 14.8 = 0.39 / circa 10mm inch taller drivers side = and also that then translates in to truck side hights to being also around 10mm higher in real life , then Jerichos posts shows Passenger side higher also at around +10mm up drivers side not as much as I would have thought as thats good news and I'm close now Maybe some other will post up to help and confirm, in the meantime I have now 150 Red & Yellows on the front longer than std and softer and also same length, so I have already gained 1 x antiratlle shim, plus I spacer roughly machined up to give me a near level 90, so I just maybe need a tad more but until I get the new bumper / winch combo in whatever that ends up with I won't be able to fine tune Even the front to back seems about right as I am around 3/4 inch higher now at the back Thanks all so far Nige Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TD5 power Posted May 4, 2009 Share Posted May 4, 2009 hi here is mine for a 1989 90 no gearbox or transfer in at the moment 1277mm 1280mm 1275mm 1280mm not overly accurate as i'm sure the drive isn't level, distance between the floor and hub centre is 385mm and for the bump stops 100mm missing got to get another 105mm 110mm hth Matt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hybrid_From_Hell Posted May 4, 2009 Author Share Posted May 4, 2009 Thanks for that, sorry for the delay posting up "Thanks" as I was busy removing Engine & TBox so as to compare Nige Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TD5 power Posted May 4, 2009 Share Posted May 4, 2009 Engines still there so you better go and put that back in for an accurate comparison matt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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