I’ve got a spot of bother…. 2004 TD5, air suspension….

One of the ride height sensors went defective and over pressurised the rear air spring on the driver’s side (RHD car). 5 minutes after parking in my garage there’s was an almighty bang as the air spring exploded, the other air spring deflated and the rear body is now resting on the rear tyres.

Lesson learned and passed on, defective ride height sensors = don’t drive the car. I was lucky it didn’t happen on the road.

New air springs and sensors are on the way and I’m able to do the repair.

But how do I raise the chassis enough to get it supported by axle stands? The body is too low to apply a trolley jack to the rear axle and without springs the axle can’t transmit load to lift the chassis. I am unwilling to start the engine until I can get the OSR wheel off and inspect the fuel line and filter for damage. Luckily there are no worrying puddles under the car.

Daisy has a Land Rover standard towing bracket. Would a high lift jack under that do the trick or would that bend the bracket? Or am I going to have to put the trolley jack under each chassis rail in turn and lift one side at a time?

Daisy would appreciate your thoughts.

You want to be jacking the chassis, not the axle. Jack up one side, axles stand for safety, then replace air bag and sensor

kermit_rr said:

You want to be jacking the chassis, not the axle. Jack up one side, axles stand for safety, then replace air bag and sensor

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So jack up and repair one side at a time? I hadn’t thought of that.

DaisyDriver said:

So jack up and repair one side at a time? I hadn’t thought of that.

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It's what I'd do

+1^

Are you sure its the sensor?
Check it before you blow another bag.

New is good but check the old one when you take it off as it could be a valve block issue.
Blowing a bag always seems strange to me as the tops and btms (correction welcome) are not actually fixed to the bag so I would have thought they would just blow at that point and disconnect. Dont know Disco bags though.

J

I did one side at a time as well, I did have a bag leak,a brand new one
the swage clip at the top slipped .It was not a cheap Chinese bag either .Bearmach replaced it FOC,German make name escapes me.

you will need a Nanocom or similar to set it up,calibrate the system and you can jack on the tow bar ,I did as my compressor was out as I overhauled it,so had to do this. All went okay the calibrating took me a while as I was not used to Nanocom.I set it to 48cm from centre of hub to bottom of wheel arch and got it nice and level.did this with Nanocom. You will find differences in the readings of your height sensors even though the car is level.I am told it’s because of the suspension . If you try and put two values the same in for set up car will be wonky.
I am sure you will do it.