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reiny

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I fitted Bearmach blue +50mm springs to my 90 some six months ago and have recently noticed that it's leaning to the driver's side. It's worse on the front than it is on the rear (approx 1 inch on the front, about 15mm on the rear). I have swapped the springs around but to no avail. I realise that these springs are no longer as popular as they used to be some years ago and thought that this may be one of the reasons why. Has anyone else experienced this? I think I'll just fit spacers to the springs and won't worry about it but I would really like to know what causes the lean.
 
Seems strange. Most of the things I can think of would have been obvious when you swapped the springs round such as the top of the turret rotting away etc.
 
I'd take both the front springs off and measure their length. Maybe one has sagged. While they are off, measure the height from the top spring mount to the chassis.
 
zeaphod said:
I'd take both the front springs off and measure their length. Maybe one has sagged. While they are off, measure the height from the top spring mount to the chassis.
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I would have suggested this too BUT he has already swapped them around so can't be spring length !
 
measaure stuff as it sits now, ground to axle, axle to top spring hanger etc, are the radius arms sitting properly? Check them around the mounting points.
 
reiny said:
I fitted Bearmach blue +50mm springs to my 90 some six months ago and have recently noticed that it's leaning to the driver's side. It's worse on the front than it is on the rear (approx 1 inch on the front, about 15mm on the rear). I have swapped the springs around but to no avail. I realise that these springs are no longer as popular as they used to be some years ago and thought that this may be one of the reasons why. Has anyone else experienced this? I think I'll just fit spacers to the springs and won't worry about it but I would really like to know what causes the lean.
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A curious use of dimensions! When you say you swapped the springs was that front to rear or left to right? Did you also let the suspension settle by driving around for a bit before re-measuring?
 
I would have thought the springs were handed as well as front and rear, was this the case when you first put them on the vehicle?
 
Kwakerman said:
A curious use of dimensions! When you say you swapped the springs was that front to rear or left to right? Did you also let the suspension settle by driving around for a bit before re-measuring?
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Hahaha you're right. I'm used to metric measurements but the front is 25mm higher and that translates to 1 inch, that's why i stated 1 inch.

furthermore, Bearmach springs seem not to be handed (or if they are, they are not marked in any way). When I received the package, there was a shock absorber inserted into each spring and I mounted them that way, only for the vehicle to sit higher on the front. The next morning I swapped the fronts with the rears and it sat more or less level (front and rear). I didn't bother comparing left and right heights. Some 5 months later I was looking at the vehicle as it was parked in the garage and could see a noticeable list between the roof and steel beams that sit approx 4 inches above the vehicle. That's when I realized that it leaned to one side.
 
Mine leans to the passenger side but that's because the springs on the drivers side are deliberately longer. It levels out when I get in it.

Maybe swap them left to right?
 
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As above, springs are handed, and should be marked with paint bands to show which side they should be fitted on. The drivers side should be a little longer, to account for the fact that there is always the drivers weight when in use.
 
flat said:
Mine leans to the passenger side but that's because the springs on the drivers side are deliberately longer. It levels out when I get in it.

Maybe swap them left to right?
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I didi so already. To no avail.
 
zeaphod said:
As above, springs are handed, and should be marked with paint bands to show which side they should be fitted on. The drivers side should be a little longer, to account for the fact that there is always the drivers weight when in use.
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I think its more to do with engine torque when towing, the driver thing is nonsense.
The springs don't have to be longer to be stiffer.
 
If its a pre Td5 then springs should be handed, as the fuel tank is under the driver, and the driver is always in the vehicle, so usually the right hand springs, front and rear, are slightly longer than the lefts.
It has nothing, whatsoever to do with engine torque.
 
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