Leaning Disco

[IanB]

Can anyone help, before the wife turns the sledge hammer on me & the disco   , bought the disco about a year ago with a slight lean ( Big mistake )
Have changed the shocks all round and the springs but its still leaning?!
 Have measure the distance between the top of the tyre and the bottom of the wheel arch both front and rear right are lower than the left.
 Have also measured the spring from the top mounting to the bottom and theres a 1inch difference fom the right side to the left ???!!!!The spring mounting aren't bent or damaged.

  Can anybody please help
 
  For the sake and sanity :twisted:  of a depressed disco owner whos wife is on the edge :? !

[chuggaman]

are the two rears on the left and two fronts on the right???

[davidlandy]

are the springs on the right way round?

on a defender the os springs are a diffrent height to the ns to compensate for driver and fuel , not sure whether its the same for a disco.

[gords]

What year/model is it? Does it have anti-roll bars? Is it standard or modified?

[Budgie]

are the springs on the right way round?

on a defender the os springs are a diffrent height to the ns to compensate for driver and fuel , not sure whether its the same for a disco.

Yes it is but it's only the fronts that are different.  


Ian, this is quite a common problem with coil sprung Landys, not that it will make any difference to your wife I'm sure.
If the springs are okay then it could be the suspension bushes, I've heard that these can be the cause of a lean, but no experience of it myself.

[TimM]

I can't help with the problem, but I feel sorry for Ian as I'm far too aware of what pressure from SWMBO is like.

Good luck (You'll need it!)

Tim.

[IanB]

What year/model is it? Does it have anti-roll bars? Is it standard or modified?

Gords its 1992 K plate and doesn't have anti roll bars

[IanB]

Gords its a 1992 K plate without anti roll bars

  Davidlandy, Budgie, Chuggaman & Gords

 Thanks all for the suggestions, this will lift me out of the pit of dome  and hopefully get me a result.

 
 Timothy M
                Thanks for the support :lol:

[leep]

Hi,
I had a similar issue with my 91J plate about 4 years ago. I parked next to Piglet and noticed the lean to the right. I decided to get something done about it and had a Scorpion 2" lift fitted and (touch wood) she's been fine ever since.
Most likely reason for the lean is that the springs are simply tired. After all they've been carrying 1.5 ton around for 13 years.. :shock:

Lee

[TimM]

If it was still on its original springs or the cange was a long time ago then - If the springs are 'tired' you could try swapping them over from left hand side to right and vice versa, but not from front to rear, unlike the Defenders everything I've seen re Discoverys suggests they are the same on each axle. But I would check first.

If possible, this would identify if they are at fault as your Disco should then lean the other way if they are worn out. You never know it might balance it out!

If it leans the other way then you can be sure some new springs will correct the problem, either standard, or you may feel this would be the time to raise it or stiffen it (or both!).

This would be a lengthy job, and not one I would want to tackle myself, but it is an option.

BUT, you say you have changed the shocks AND springs, assuming this was recently then I would ignore everything I've said in this post, as they should not be worn already.

Tim.

[gords]

Have changed the shocks all round and the springs but its still leaning?!

Did changing the springs have any effect on the lean?

Are you sure that the front and rear springs didn't get mixed up? Sorry, got to ask

Have also measured the spring from the top mounting to the bottom and theres a 1inch difference fom the right side to the left ???!!!!The spring mounting aren't bent or damaged.

This seems to suggest that either the car is heavier on one side, or the springs are weaker on one side. I suspect the former is not likely, so it is likely the latter?

If you've fitted them recently, it won't be too hard to swap them over on each axle - to see if the lean transfers. If it does, it would suggest that you have a front and rear spring on each axle! I would ignore the fact that it did it before and check the springs that you have now.

Oh yes - did you put standard Land Rover springs and shocks on, or something else?

[Range Rover Blues]

Front radius arm bushes, on that model year the bushes were stiffer to control body roll.  As rubber tends to creep over time it's not uncommon to gain a little list to one side or the other.  Time for polybushes perhaps?
You can also try swapping them from side to side to confirm this is the cause.

As for the springs, it may sound ovbious but try counting the number of coils in each and measuring the thickness of the coil for each spring then comparing.