coil spring retainers, what works, what doesnt. Pics please

Post by **one_waz** » Wed Oct 21, 2009 12:36 pm

As stated what have people used to retain the coils at the bottem? Pic would be appriciated

cheers

Post by **DUDELUX** » Wed Oct 21, 2009 1:56 pm

alot that i have seen have used dshackles, 3 on the bottom of each coil, some of the ones ive seen have been tufftruck entrants, so it must work ok

Post by **GRIMACE** » Wed Oct 21, 2009 4:12 pm

hose clamps work fine for me!

Post by **pinkfloyddsotm** » Wed Oct 21, 2009 4:23 pm

pics pics pics

Post by **ludacris** » Wed Oct 21, 2009 5:31 pm

Two bits of flat about 50 x 70mm (patrol) with a 10mm hole through them. Weld each flat on either side of the coil and put a long bolt through. Make sure you have the clearance. Flat may be cut to suit vehicle I can provide photo if need be.

Cris

Post by **ludacris** » Wed Oct 21, 2009 5:33 pm

Two bits of flat about 5mm x 50 x 70mm (patrol) with a 10mm hole through them. Weld each flat on either side of the coil and put a long bolt through. Make sure you have the clearance. Flat may be cut to suit vehicle I can provide photo if need be.

Cris

Post by **one_waz** » Wed Oct 21, 2009 5:45 pm

yes, pics please cris

thanks

Post by **ludacris** » Wed Oct 21, 2009 6:09 pm

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Post by **vanbox** » Wed Oct 21, 2009 8:07 pm

ludacris wrote:[img][img]http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g36/k ... ers001.jpg[/img][/img]

There is a hole in the centre of the mount. I have used 50x10 flat bar across the coil with a 12mm single bolt through the centre, no welding. Little bit fiddly to get to the nut under the mount though. Tried 5mm, folded it in half and coil popped out anyway!!

Post by **one_waz** » Thu Oct 22, 2009 7:35 am

thanks cris,

so does the coil compress onto the bolt on up travel because i was thinking of doing what vanbox said but thought it might squash up a little

Post by **chunks** » Thu Oct 22, 2009 7:58 am

http://www.superiorengineering.com.au/p ... ts_id=4066

Post by **GRIMACE** » Thu Oct 22, 2009 8:34 am

chunks wrote:http://www.superiorengineering.com.au/p ... ts_id=4066

$70 ROFPMSLMFAO!

Post by **one_waz** » Thu Oct 22, 2009 8:59 am

think ill be able to bang up something like that pretty easy

thanks for the responses

-Waz

Post by **Utemad** » Thu Oct 22, 2009 9:39 am

vanbox wrote:There is a hole in the centre of the mount. I have used 50x10 flat bar across the coil with a 12mm single bolt through the centre, no welding. Little bit fiddly to get to the nut under the mount though. Tried 5mm, folded it in half and coil popped out anyway!!

This is how the springs are retained at the bottom on a series 1 Discovery.
The original plate is a bit lightweight though. They are not retained at the top. They use two bolts though.

Is a Patrol spring not retained at all from the factory or are they retained at the top?

Post by **one_waz** » Thu Oct 22, 2009 11:15 am

as far as i know, patrol springs arnt retained from factory

Post by **lay80n** » Thu Oct 22, 2009 12:14 pm

Factory patrol springs and shocks are sized so that the shock limits droop just before the spring reaches its full extended length.

Layto....

Post by **pinkfloyddsotm** » Fri Oct 23, 2009 12:00 am

these are mine, they do the trick, coils havent moved yet,welded nut in the middle of the coil mount.

Post by **rockcrawler31** » Fri Oct 23, 2009 2:17 am

on a similar note, i have retainers but when the spring reseats it makes a farking loud bang. I suspect the coil is catching the edge of teh internal bumpstop mount, compressing a little then coming free to reseat properly making a racket in the process. Is there an easier way to fix this than welding in pipe reducers? I'd rather keep the internal bumpstops.

these are 80 series coil hats by the way

Post by **pinkfloyddsotm** » Fri Oct 23, 2009 8:00 am

rockcrawler31 wrote:on a similar note, i have retainers but when the spring reseats it makes a farking loud bang. I suspect the coil is catching the edge of teh internal bumpstop mount, compressing a little then coming free to reseat properly making a racket in the process. Is there an easier way to fix this than welding in pipe reducers? I'd rather keep the internal bumpstops.

these are 80 series coil hats by the way

yer mine do that too, i can see the marking on the bumpstop from where the coil catches on , its scary, i keep thinking something has broken off. lol

Post by **ludacris** » Fri Oct 23, 2009 2:43 pm

Coil never compressors onto the bolt, not noisy at all. Have not bent a bolt yet and coil is retained at the top as well in a similar way.

Cris

Post by **Willy Hilux** » Fri Oct 23, 2009 3:03 pm

The noise is the coil reseating itself up the top.

Post by **rockcrawler31** » Fri Oct 23, 2009 5:09 pm

Willy Hilux wrote:The noise is the coil reseating itself up the top.

i worked that one out after i shat myself the first time it happened.

By about the tenth time it no longer worried me but annoy's the bejeezus out of me. That and every other silly prick going "Wwhoahh dude, what's that noise man, that doesn't sound good"

Paging captain obvious, captain obvious to checkout 6 please.....

Post by **6.5 rangie** » Fri Oct 23, 2009 8:15 pm

one_waz wrote:as far as i know, patrol springs arnt retained from factory

unlike a disco/rangie, patrols don't flex enough so no need to retain the coil

Post by **ethann** » Fri Oct 23, 2009 8:30 pm

6.5 rangie wrote:
one_waz wrote:as far as i know, patrol springs arnt retained from factory
unlike a disco/rangie, patrols don't flex enough so no need to retain the coil

Just take off the sway bars haha.
Nah, Ill give it to rangies, They do have decent flex for stock =p.

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