Suspension lift: does anyone else have this problem?

[oakeedokee]

I've done a search on here but no-one else seems to mention that when you do a 2" suspension lift in a Rangie, the front propshaft clouts the centre crossmember thereby limiting the amount of downward travel. :?  :shock:
 Or is this because I've got a Borg Warner in an earlier chassis? I remember I had to cut the floor pan about to remove the handbrake drum too when I first bought the vehicle.

[thermidorthelobster]

Have you checked your gearbox mounts?

[oakeedokee]

gearbox mounts? What should I be looking for? do you think they might have become compressed and the gearbox is sitting too low?

[oakeedokee]

could a moderator please move this to the Range Rover section? Ta.

[Range Rover Blues]

Mine gets very close buy TBH it's the ARB that's the problem.

Later 3.9s had a tubular crossmember and the TDi had a box crossmeber that sits much further back.  Look out for a 300TDi crossmember

[thermidorthelobster]

I had a similar problem with the 101 in Africa when the centre prop shaft (ie the one driving the middle axle) suddenly started rubbing on a chassis member.  The rubber gearbox mount had split and hence the gearbox was sitting a little way lower than it should have been.  A small change in geometry made a big difference to the prop shaft.

[Bulli]

whatever you choose to do you need to rectify the issue before it destroys your prop or tfr case.

you could mod the existing crossmember if you are reasonable with a welder. I had the same issue on my disco as i have a 3 link and 4 inch lift. I couldnt mod the x member as it is a strengthened safari gard one so i got round the problem by fitting a dc front prop. it moves the pivot forwards which prevented it hitting the x member.

[Bulli]

ps if this hadnt been in the modded section, i would never have seen it

[oakeedokee]

Thought I'd get more response in the Rangie section. Oh well!! I'm going to remove it tomorrow and notch it out and weld it up. The gearbox mounts seem to be ok.

[auf_wiedersehen_pet]

I'm going to remove it tomorrow and notch it out and weld it up.

I did this to mine and had no further problems.
 :D

[oakeedokee]

Rob, how much metal did you need to take out?

[auf_wiedersehen_pet]

Rob, how much metal did you need to take out?

Thank God for digital cameras!! Not sure why I took a photo but hope it helps you.

 :P

[oakeedokee]

That's quite a chunk! I'll take a photo of mine once I've done it too.

[Range Rover Blues]

Bullie makes a good point, I have more room here now that I fitted a Cardan jointed propshaft.

But again, the TDi crossmember sits a lot further back IIRC.

[oakeedokee]

a piece of 3" tube and a lot of grinding later.....

[davidlandy]

Jeez Iain , that looks a good job !

[oakeedokee]

maybe but don't look too closely at the welding! I ran out of gas towards the end! :roll:

[auf_wiedersehen_pet]

Excellent job - much neater than mine.

 :oops: