Leaning Rangie

[landy_man]

Recently put Rangie Spares springs in, and was quite suprised there was no passenger/driver side springs......

The drivers side sits lower than the passenger side, even when I am not in it.......

Any ideas....
Will measure distances between bumpstops tomorrow to see if it is uniform front and rear

[Strange Rover]

Could try swaping the springs left to right but if the springs were all the exact same length it might not do much (although even 1cm makes a difference).

Could have a bent shock?? Although if the lean only happened after you swapped te springs this would be unlikely.

How much is it out by??

Sam

[mickrangie]

I helped Landy Man put the springs in and we were told by Andrew that his springs don't have a left or a right.... I also helped another mate awhile back put some springs in his two door and we had the same problem.. It seem that the two door suffer from this problem more then the four doors... I wonder why?

[Bush65]

My 4 door is the same - also with rangie spares springs.

[mickrangie]

Strange I have changed my springs a few times and never had a problem with the lopsidedness..
I have heard that the later models have the drives side spring mounts offset a little higher to compensate for the lean?

[Wendle]

just out of interest, have you worked out how much weight it takes to get it to sit level?? throw a couple of bags of concrete on the floor on one side and see if it sits right???

[robbie]

well, my girlfriends brothers cortina does the same thing.. its the springs or something he thinks - too much weight on one side and it sags it

but with stocko suspension, its fine

[HSV Rangie]

Land rover have different lth springs to each side due to the engine being offset.

1: Andrew Richmond can teel you the correct spacer to fit in the lower side, he sells them. You measure each corner note what weight springs you have lth and ponds compresion per inch he will tell you what you need or should.

2: measure the diference fit requuired spacer under lower spring support.

Regards
Michael.

[landy_man]

what a rip..... all other spring manufacturers make their driver side slightly longer.....

I feel that R.S. is just trying to make more money by making you by the spacers so your rig doesn't look like the tower of Pisa..

WHAT A CROCK OF SHIT !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Bushman]

I have had this problem on a 1992 Discovery. I asked the guy who repaired it and was told that it was the springs. I replaced these with non LR parts and it still leaned. He still insisted that it was the springs and that the fault was because I had bought 'cheap' springs.

I later replaced it with some decent springs and the lean went away.

I cannot answer specifically for the Rangie, but the Disco had equal length springs up to about 1994, from then they had one longer one.

Hope this helps some way.

Jerry.

[amtravic1]

I have Rangie Spares Springs and even with the spare wheel mounted on the rear RHS instead of inside on the left it sits level. I dont know about when I am in the car but who cares, it drives perfectly anyway.

Ian

[radste]

i have King Springs & again no L/R difference.
It sits level But only 30 mm Of lift. 82 4 door.
But they are fairly heavy.

steve.

[Aquarangie]

After I took Aquarangie out for a play this weekned, the springs have sagged quite a bit to the RHS. This has happened before, but I put packers under mine and this fixed the problem (in the short term).

I have found the softer rate springs sag more so than the harder rated spring sets.

Regards,

Aquarangie

If it ain't broke, leave the bastard alone!!

[landy_man]

I have sorted it out a little while ago...
put an 18" spring in drivers side and a 17" spring passenger side..
both springs are the same rate and she sits nice and level