My 90 looks odd when you look at it from square on front
I thought it was wheels out of balance.
The front bumper is about an inch lower at the end on the passenger side than the drivers.
its got old man emu shocks and springs, and tehy were fitted by the place i bought it from less than 5 years ago.
Any ideas?
Take the bumper off and check it with the chassis rail ends on show, and use a ruler/measuring stick/summat solid to check, eyes can be pretty deceptive when checking levels.
By which you mean 'different', I presume. 'Out of balance' in the usual understanding of the phrase is something totally different. By all means check that all tyres are the same size and are equally inflated.
Do make sure that you are on level ground with nothing that might give rise to an 'optical illusion' of the thing being out of true.
Is the bumper misaligned with the wings, too, or is the whole vehicle misaligned with respect to the ground.
The bumper or its mounts or the chassis could be bent etc.. Visually check both sides where the bumper attaches to the chassis.
Possibly the best way to check for faulty springs is to measure between the bump stops and the axle casing. The gap should be 'the same' on both sides.
A problem at the rear, say two completely different springs, could also be visible at the front. What does it look like from the rear?
Broken springs are not uncommon. Usually seen at the ends. You may need to extend the springs - jack up the chassis and let the axle hang down - to see properly.
"Mark Solesbury" wrote in message news: snipped-for-privacy@mid.individual.net...
Did you ever get to the bottom of the longer wheelbase on one side Mark?
Sounds like you need toi get it checked over, nmight have been wrapped up or something?
Nige
Nige uttered summat worrerz funny about:
H'mm I'm a thinking along these lines too...
Odd wheelbase either side, bumper higher one side, rally stage clock on the dashboard from previous owner.
Is it a bridge jumping demo 90?
Lee D
Knowing my luck - probably......
I know this is going to cost me money that i really dont have :( :(
Cheer up!
Provided it steers/brakes properly, things aren't dropping off and the tyres don't wear unevenly does it matter?
You've got lots that you can check yet before getting too morose.
It still drives OK tho doesnt it? so cant be too bad ;)
Im ok..
I was pissed off with work - Some git has hacked into one of servers in Ireland, pissed about with it so that no exe's run, changed all the radmin passwords so i cant get on the box to fix it, so the photo lab will not be able to do any work now till probably Tuesday.
Joy
However, Just driven home in the 90, and i feel a lot better.
Somethings bent, dirves superb, tires wear even so no nige, you cant have it for a fiver.
Ill take that electronic of a freak P37.5 off your hands for a score though :)
FRO!
crikey, you feeling ill nige, that's quite restrained!!!!
-- "For those who are missing Blair - aim more carefully."
To reply direct rot13 me
bURRt the 101 Camper
He's over the hill now, thobut, must be mellowing ... ;)
Mark Hi,
Land Rover and a few of the good names in coil spring specialists for Landies provide a different driver's side coil when compared to either the hardness or the height of the co-drivers side. Driver's side coils are usually either harder or taller than the co-drivers.
This is because they consider that during most of the time the vehicle is used with only the driver sitting in it. So the weight of the driver pushes the suspension a bit more from this side.
When the driver is out of the car it looks like (and this is the truth) it is leaning downwards from the co-driver's side.
When you will see no difference this will mean that your coil springs are in need of replacement. A good thing is to measure the distance between the end of the plastic flare (towards the wheel) and the lower lip of the wheelrim (close to the ground) or to the center of the plastic cap on the hub/driving member (which is not so accurate a measurement point as the lower lip of the wheelrim). Do so for every side/wheel of the car and keep the numbers handy. Check them once every six months and when (not if) you see that they decrease significantly it is time to change the coils for sure.
As a rule of thumb genuine LR or el-cheapo coils need to be replaced every time or every second time that you change your shock absorbers. Better quality coil springs tend to last longer.
Everything of course is very much dependant on how you use your Landy. If you like driving fast over bumpy roads or make hard off road use of it then coils and shocks have to be changed more often. Even very good quality ones.
Take care Pantelis
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