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Doug Wendyker
| | Posted on Thursday, April 11, 2002 - 04:04 pm: | 
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Hello Discoweb,
newbe here looking for feed back in this situation.
I recently bought a 97 Disco and I've owned it for three weeks. The truck is good shape except for a steering pump leek, no big deal right.
OK heres the thing. On different occasions I've thought the truck looked like it was leaning to one side. and for various reasons I've dismissed it.. Anyway last night while filling the power steering reservoir, (that was empty) I kept looking at the truck and thinking its leaning. So I got out the tape measure and measure the height from the bottom of the rim to the top of the arch of the wheel well and there is an Inch and 1/8 th difference between the passenger and the drivers side..? What gives? Bad spring I'm thinking. Well after closer inspection I find out that the spring on the passenger side is lacking two coils!
Any body have this situation before or herd of it happening. OK the spring was replaced, but to what? The drivers side = 8 coils, pass = 6.
The Disco is Stock, LSE with no after market suspension. ( I think)
Any advise or thoughts would be appreciated.
Doug89iX & 97 LSE DISCO |
gp (Garrett)
| | Posted on Thursday, April 11, 2002 - 04:21 pm: |
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very common. people say it is to compensate for the driver when they are in the truck. i think that is lame excuse. why don't i see every other car/truck leaning? but with some new OME (old man emu) springs that should take care of it. guessing LR just fucked up. not sure though. maybe just me.  |
DaveB
| | Posted on Thursday, April 11, 2002 - 04:54 pm: |
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Doug,
The springs are in fact taller on the driver's side. You can correct this two ways. One, upgrade to a matched set of springs. Or, if you want to go budget, you can insert an OME "Trim Packer" on the rear passenger side spring. You can get them 5mm or 10mm thick.
Contact John Lee at Expedition Exchange, he can set you up with what you need. Their web site:
http://www.expeditionexchange.com/ome/
I have a '98 Disco and one 10mm trim packer really helped balance things out.
-Dave |
RVR OVR (Tom)
| | Posted on Thursday, April 11, 2002 - 05:03 pm: |
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Can you use the trim packers with any spring or does it have to be OME?
Tom |
Ho Chung (Ho)
| | Posted on Thursday, April 11, 2002 - 05:12 pm: |
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you can use trim packers with any springs. but i don't think it'll solve the 1 1/8 inch difference.
tom, you leaning too? |
DaveB
| | Posted on Thursday, April 11, 2002 - 05:16 pm: |
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I'm pretty sure a trim packer will work with most any spring. I have OME MD springs, but I know they would work on stock springs just as well as OME.
Dave |
Doug Wendyker
| | Posted on Thursday, April 11, 2002 - 05:52 pm: |
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Thanks for the information everybody.
As far as LR putting two different springs on the front of the Disco, somebody has there head up there rear end. Is this something there still doing? English pub engineering?
I'll probably go with the OME HD's? But I'll do my homework before I make a decision.
Thanks again
-Doug |
RVR OVR (Tom)
| | Posted on Thursday, April 11, 2002 - 05:59 pm: |
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Yes, Ho, I am leaning. I don't know if it is from my springs or what. They were dead on even after the install, but now the passenger side is sagging about 1/2".
Tom |
Ho Chung (Ho)
| | Posted on Thursday, April 11, 2002 - 07:54 pm: |
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tom,
did you measure the spring itself?
if the springs are indeed same, then check for cracked body mounts. |
RVR OVR (Tom)
| | Posted on Thursday, April 11, 2002 - 08:28 pm: |
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hmmmmm...good call. i measured the hub to the fenders, not the springs.
thanks,
tom |
gp (Garrett)
| | Posted on Thursday, April 11, 2002 - 09:09 pm: |
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i like the lean. takes the right hand turns better!! |
Anonymous
| | Posted on Thursday, April 11, 2002 - 09:14 pm: |
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Swap the springs over so it turns to the left better and go NASCAR- |
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