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rear coils fall out

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rear coils fall out

Post by harry29 »

Gday all I am after some advice/thoughts on how to retain my coils in the rear of a 130 defender. The coils and shocks are pedders 2" lift the front is good but the rear has no sway bar and with the long travel shock the coils will fall out (long range tank fitted cant put a sway bar in) can I tie them in with steel cable tied around the top mount and the axle with enough travel to utilise the full travel of shock.Can go to approx 560mm of travel before coils fall out . any advice is appreciated

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Post by defmec »

reinforce the bottom retainer as they will bend and use 2 pieces of 5mm 40mm 150mm flat bar for the top drill a hole 10mm in the middle of both bars allowing for a 50mm 8m bolt to go thru place one bar on top of the spring perch and the other thru the highest point of the coil ,bolt together
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Post by HSV Rangie »

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these work well.

not hard to make.

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Post by TRobbo »

I have also seen people use straps that run inside the coils and attach top and bottom. These are made of webbing like seat belt material but are not as wide. The purpose of the strap is to limit axle droop rather than fix the spring in place.
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Post by def90 »

harry 29 you can still run sway bars, just have to drop the rear mount by 2" odd to clear the tank and obvioulsy fit longer bolts ;)

thats if you want to?
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Post by hook »

HSV Rangie wrote:Image

these work well.

not hard to make.

Michael.
I'm runnig them on the bottom.

had to use fencing wire on the top to tie them in,
as the tops fell out on a trip (long Shocks),
wire is still there, 9 months
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Post by rod hodge »

i had the same problem with my rangie so i just got some 80 bump stops
and took the rubber off and mounted them
to the top spring hanger so it is like a cone and i haven had any probs since...
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Post by 80rangie »

This appears to be a common problem.
I tied the tops in with hose clamps and have had no issues yet!
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Post by harry29 »

Thanks for your thoughts/input I went with the tie them in with steel plate idea thanks Defmac will try it out this long weekend

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My long travel kit

Post by C.A.Moseley »

My long travel kit works very well. it uses relocation cones to relocate the springs as they return to the mounts. if you tie the springs in you are limiting travel. I made a set of top cones for my rangie with which i also run inch and a half coil spacers. springs pull away about two inches. Let me know if you guys are interested and I'll knock up a few sets. but remember to worki out your shock mount heights. The bigger the shock the bigger the closed length, so you need to raise the mounts to retain up travel
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