The suzuki lean.

[nicbeer]

I have noticed mine a lot of the zooks have the driverside lean.

I know most of the zook weight is on this side as well.

what can be done about it. I have a 2" lift and seems only 1" on one side.

I have heard of people putting different amount of leaves in but don't know which pack to change and how many leaves.

cheers

[DeWsE]

search hot rod!


Also just swap the springs around and even it out!

[nicbeer]

do you swap all of them? or just the diagonal opposite?

I remember the lean yours had .

thanks

[DeWsE]

yeah diagonal will work.

Also you can add a leaf to the drivers side like redzook did

[nicbeer]

cool. found some posts as well that have said roughly the same.

Have to have a play with the packs. Do you reckon 1 extra long leaf or short one or a load leaf?

Thinking after the BL maybe running a std set of rears all round maybe. Might flex more than the lifted ones.

cheers all

[DeWsE]

cool. found some posts as well that have said roughly the same.

Have to have a play with the packs. Do you reckon 1 extra long leaf or short one or a load leaf?

Thinking after the BL maybe running a std set of rears all round maybe. Might flex more than the lifted ones.

cheers all

Redzook used a main leaf with the eye’s chopped off by memory. I was going to run a second leaf in my next car.

A lot of standard springs are stuffed. Most have sagged and weakened. Springs have a life span and I would prefer to use a one year old spring compared to a 15 year old spring. Badooky for example had some well used lovells on the rear of his, which snapped when wheeling.

Just expect the lifted springs to settle a bit and you should be fine.

[redzook]

as dewse said i run an extra in rear driver side sits spot on now

[nicbeer]

Cool, thanks dewse, didn't know badooky had that happen. I will persist with these springs then and find a new main leaf for rear pack.

If I have lifted springs and want to put a new main leaf in, do it get another lifted leaf or can i use one from a stock set of springs?

thanks redzook

cheers

[DeWsE]

I suppose you can use a standard spring. If it doesn’t suit the lift try cold bending it.

[-ZukChiK-]

Alternatives:

Get a fat navvy (preferably weighing many kilo's more than your own weight)

A bag of cement placed under passenger side seat, and behind

Rooly long shackles on driver side, standards on left

Unbolt motor, shimmy to the left a bit til you get the right weight balance

And, don't eat too many easter eggs this year like I probably will!!!!!





..... I really should be getting back to work

[nicbeer]

Get back to work surf chik

What is cold reset. Is this taking it to a spring place to re bend like reseting the spring?

Google came up with nuthin

thanks

[alien]

from what i heard, cold re-set is take em out and let them sit in the shed for a few months... apparently they return to "lifted" state for a while... but sag again

[nicbeer]

I should just take it out and jam it between a wall and the zook and let it arch for a few days.

cheers

Nic

[christover1]

I run heavy duty OME on drivers rear and standard OME on the left..its not just the weight thing, but the torque twist that loads up the right rear more.
front is standard ome, which has a heavier/more arched spring on the drivers side anyway.
christover

[alien]

you know - all that said... my lovells are like 2.5 years old and aint sagged at all.....

[DeWsE]

you know - all that said... my lovells are like 2.5 years old and aint sagged at all.....

Just wait till they snap in half on ya!!!!

Badooky's are sagged as well!

[alien]

never heard of them doing that before?! lol

tis cool... they're going soon in favour of 'lux fronts all round... so if anyone in perth wants a set of pretty decent springs ill let you know when theyre available.

theyre not sagged =P

[nicbeer]

oops double post

[nicbeer]

Thanks Christova1. I am going to play with mine soon. Gonna get a price on another leaf for the rear pack.

Alien. You've bearly been offroad in the last 2 years, and I am running RUF without loadleafs. = softer

What is cold reseting leaf springs anyway?

Thanks

Nic

[DeWsE]

BFH and vice

[mud4b]

NIC

what side do you keep landing on when jumping...aka your pic..

[nicbeer]

cheers dewse, sounds like fun.

Mud4B - that was with the old suspension, try not to do mega airbornes any more. diff is bent about 4degree each side.

cheers

Nic

[Toos]

I've put an extra leaf in front and back and moved the spare tyre to the floor in the back no more lean.

[Zute]

I use to cold reset leafs by pulling the pack apart than place one end on driveway and the other on a block ( about 12" high) than drive on to them with my Rocky. Do this to each leaf so they all the same, reasemble. Mind you I was flatening them because I was lowering a race car.

[droopypete]

its not just the weight thing, but the torque twist christover

Phew, I was looking at my springs and looking at my bathroom scales and feeling a bit now I don't feel so bad
Thanks Chris.
Peter.

[grimbo]

alot of springs are also set for drivers side or passenger side. So thhey have a camber adjustment for the road set in. If you have put them on the wrong side of the car this will exaggerate the problem too

[bad_religion_au]

does it negatively effect handling having a stiffer spring on one side compared to the other?

will adding a short leaf increase spring rate more than adding a long leaf (i.e. main with ends cut off).

Thanks

[christover1]

does it negatively effect handling having a stiffer spring on one side compared to the other? Thanks

mine handles better, as its less likely to lurch when left turning at speed.
it turns right fine, because my 110kg holds it down
{droopy pete has even less trouble holding it down }

[bad_religion_au]

thanks, i've been toying with this idea in my 40 for a couple of weeks, but thought there would be huge problems.. looks like the springs come off again.