lifting springs
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lifting springs
ok i have lifting springs on front and rear of my sammy with transit shocks on back and astra shocks on front i think, i have original shackles on but some times the springs flex too far forward and get stuckon the front, whats the best way to sort this? i had thought maybe make some bumper stops for front or try some different shocks?? gas maybe? any help would be great thanks.
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Re: lifting springs
Lifted springs are longer than standard so as the spring goes flat it forces the shackle too far round.
Longer shackles will help but don't go crazy. 20-30mm is about all you want. If your not running extended bump stops these are also a must have to prevent the spring over flexing.
Longer shackles will help but don't go crazy. 20-30mm is about all you want. If your not running extended bump stops these are also a must have to prevent the spring over flexing.
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Re: lifting springs
thanks jordi (just found another topic on this too)i did think extending shackles might help but i was trying to avoid this, i know shackles are bad but i have rascal springs on the back with big shackles (probably max for shackles) and lifting springs on the front (i got them cheap) , ride high is about right but if i do this i will be too high at the front, guess i might have to buy some rear springs
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Re: lifting springs
Extended bump stops by themselves might be ok.
What lift are the front springs?
What lift are the front springs?
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Re: lifting springs
i was told they were lama springs, anyway of telling??
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Re: lifting springs
Not really. Llama have springs made to order. Try some +50mm bump stops first. That's all I fitted.
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Re: lifting springs
yeah iv got some box section i will try and and update thanks for this info
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Re: lifting springs
sorry just an update sorry been a while been busy, i extended shackles to 100mm it total an used 50mm bumper stops, all seemed fine but still over flexed to the end of my 4x4 journey, when i checked the bump stops when over flexed they was not even touching, so iv added another 50mm to the stops, hopefully this should have solved it,
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