Softening up 75 suspension

[Mytqik]

I currently have a stock as a rock HZJ75 series ute. My wife gets car sick real easy, and as the 75 rides like a truck, it is limiting the amount of times that we get out and wheel.

Is there anyway to soften the ride up without going to coils??

I was thinking about removing a couple of leaves from the front & rear pack, remove the bands around the pack & apply a good dose of grease between the springs to help them slide over each other. Also greasable shackles as well.

The problems I can see it that:
A) Axle wrap. How many leaves can I take out before axle wrap will become a problem?? I would like not to have to fit a tramp bar, but if it means I can take more leaves out and gets a better ride then so be it.

B) I will loose the 1 ton load carrying capabilities. I can live with this as I can fit polyairs if I want to carry 1 ton.

C) Will dirt/mud/sand get stuck in the grease & wear the springs?? Is there a better alternative to grease??

D) I have twin tanks (150L of diesel), a steel bullbar & winch, twin batteries & a diesel engine, so I don't want to take too many out of the spring pack & find they sag under the weight.

Any problems/comments/suggestions would be most appreciated, especially on how many leaves to remove.

[Mytqik]

As a follow up, I took Bluey74's 60 series Sahara for a drive & it was 10x better on the road. He mentioned that the sahara models have rubber between the diff housing & the spring pack.

Is this correct & can I retro fit it into the 75. If so would it help??

[skootin]

Do you have greasable shackles.

[Mytqik]

No, it was one of the things I was going to do when I pull the spring pack apart.

Do you think they are worth the $$ ??

[skootin]

I would say yes as long as you keep the grease up to them with the correct bushes. Around the $250-270 for frt & rear. A little tip if do go a bit hard offroad is to maybe find the cheaper versions of the ARB style Anti Inversion ones. I have even seen them in 2"extended ones recently.

[glen1n]

---Written by MY45---

You can remove about 3 leaves. Remove the small load leaf, and the next 2 small leaves. Keep the long load leaf as it will stop the axle wrap. On the fron remove the 2-3 bottom leaves and add the smaller load leaf from the rear to the front pack, which will also minimise the axle wrap. Ill have a look on my 40 to see what leaves im running on the front. I will also have a look at some pics of my old 45 to see what i was running on it.

Adam