| Author | Message | ||
     Mark Sager (Msager007) New Member Username: Msager007 Post Number: 8 Registered: 05-2003 |
It seems that my 96 disco is leaning a little bit to the right (passenger side). I parked it on a flat surface today and measured the gap between the front tires and the fender. On the left side I had a gap of about 7.5-8cm, on the right though, the gap was only about 5cm. Has anybody else seen this before or have any ideas what I should check? or is this another strange thing that's normal in LR's? | ||
| Leslie N. Bright (Leslie) Senior Member Username: Leslie Post Number: 2203 Registered: 02-2002 |
lol, yes, it is a strange thing that is normal in Land Rovers......  If it really bothers you, you can try swapping springs, but, I don't know that I'd bother.... -L | ||
| Corey (Discobro) Member Username: Discobro Post Number: 171 Registered: 12-2002 |
This is actually standard in D1s - not sure about D2s. It's supposedably to compensate for a 200 lb. driver so that the angle is level when driving. I don't know how effective this really is. I have followed behind my D1 while a friend drove and it still looked high on the drivers side. Probably time to change the shocks anyway since it's a 96. That's next on my list of to-do's. | ||
| Christian Kuhtz (Ckuhtz) New Member Username: Ckuhtz Post Number: 6 Registered: 05-2003 |
Maybe your friend just needs a couple more donuts in his diet ;) (PS: Shocks should not significantly impact ride height, as they are dynamic dampeners and not static load carrying parts of the suspension) | ||
| Corey (Discobro) Member Username: Discobro Post Number: 175 Registered: 12-2002 |
Shocks or springs? If I replaced my springs with new OEM would that fix the angle? | ||
| Andrew Vick (Afv) New Member Username: Afv Post Number: 28 Registered: 02-2002 |
Corey: I've got a '95 and put Old Man Emu HD springs in it about 1.5 years ago. Over time, I really started to notice the lean and it drove me nuts. ARB sent me a new right rear, that didn't help, so we tried a new right front, thinking that if it was sagging, it might be picking up the left rear, if you follow the logic. That didn't work, so I finally just switched the rears and it's fine. | ||
| Greg Crow (Gcrow) New Member Username: Gcrow Post Number: 6 Registered: 05-2003 |
Corey - The driver side OEM springs are a little bit taller then the passenger. My 97 disco leaned until I changed them with Old Man Emu HD. Both front and rear sets where same size, that way the driver side did not have longer springs to make it lean towards the passenger side. | ||
| charles pastrano (Charles) Member Username: Charles Post Number: 203 Registered: 08-2002 |
Corey Look at the EE site. They sell their OME springs matched. I no longer have the problem with the leaning rover syndrome. http://www.expeditionexchange.com/ome/indexsprings.htm Regards, Charles | ||
| Jim Reynolds (4x4xfar) New Member Username: 4x4xfar Post Number: 8 Registered: 05-2003 |
Charles, You beat me to the link, this is an great article. -Jim | ||
| jordan michael blankenbecler (Jordansdisco) New Member Username: Jordansdisco Post Number: 14 Registered: 03-2003 |
well my rover does this as well apprximately how much did it cost to get the leaning rover back to normal height. | ||
| todd powell (In4ma) New Member Username: In4ma Post Number: 26 Registered: 05-2003 |
we recently bought new lifted coils for our 97 and found when we were putting the rear ones on that the drivers side (right side) rear was nearly an inch taller than the passenger side (left side). i was a little confused as to why. but i think i understnad now. its so the "bigger" of our kind can enjoy the fun off offroading to. not that it matters to me as im a rake. |
