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Posted: Mon Nov 15, 2004 9:02 pm
by J Top
That was interesting reading.
It clarifies that you need to adjust the LL in relation to the lift of the vehicle,
ie. pack the LL down from the top mount an amount equal to the lift.
The fact the vehicle lift is vertical and the LL is inclined also may need to be factored in.
J Top
Posted: Mon Nov 15, 2004 9:28 pm
by Bush65
Thanks Philip, that explains a lot.
The rangie leveller is different internally to what is shown in that paper, but it looks like the same principles are used.
Posted: Tue Nov 16, 2004 5:51 pm
by Dave J
J Top
No, I don't reckon you could do that. If your car is just lifted 2" by springs then it still has the same upper and lower limits of LL travel as a stock car. If you shift the top of the LL down then you risk bottoming it out, by 2".
The only way to adjust it I see is to move the ports as per the Nivomat diagram. This may be easy or difficult. I suspect that a new rod will have to be made up the is ported 2" down and you will have to shift what looks like a guide 2" down too.
Lots of work.
Has anyone found an application guide or fully dimensioned catalogue of this nivomat? If so, it may be easier to replace the entire unit with one from a different vehicle or purchase different internals.
Otherwise, i think that you may be able to adjust the pumping effect of the load leveler by adjusting the gas pressures in the two accumulators. More likely to lessen the effectiveness than increase.
Any chance of some pics of the pulled apart leveler?
DJ
Posted: Wed Nov 17, 2004 5:20 pm
by Bush65
Dave J wrote:J Top
No, I don't reckon you could do that. If your car is just lifted 2" by springs then it still has the same upper and lower limits of LL travel as a stock car. If you shift the top of the LL down then you risk bottoming it out, by 2".
The only way to adjust it I see is to move the ports as per the Nivomat diagram. This may be easy or difficult. I suspect that a new rod will have to be made up the is ported 2" down and you will have to shift what looks like a guide 2" down too.
Lots of work.
Has anyone found an application guide or fully dimensioned catalogue of this nivomat? If so, it may be easier to replace the entire unit with one from a different vehicle or purchase different internals.
Otherwise, i think that you may be able to adjust the pumping effect of the load leveler by adjusting the gas pressures in the two accumulators. More likely to lessen the effectiveness than increase.
Any chance of some pics of the pulled apart leveler?
DJ
If I remember I will take pics at weekend.
replacement of load leveller
Posted: Wed Nov 17, 2004 7:38 pm
by swamp
It seems that modifing LL is well beyond my hack capabilities.
My latest idea goes back to some of the earlier posts.If I fit a Mazda or similar coil spring inplace of the LL , the theory is that I install it so that when the vehicle is averagelly loaded the spring is under no compression as I am happy with my spring rate at the moment, retain this spring at both ends,when loaded up or lots of weight transfer the spring should start working. If this is unsatisfactory i might try an adjustable air bag inside the spring.
Regards
Michael