dislocating cones

[Patty]

I am looking at geting a 2inch lift on my disco and was also thinking about geting rear dislocating cones.I was wondering if the cones would be a good addition and how easy to fit myself?

[trecfive]

If you can fit the springs, fitting dislocation cones will be a walk in the park. AS LONG AS YOU DO THEM AT THE SAME TIME.

[Xtremeteam]

also if you are going to fit cones the ones that go on the axle are better than the ones that go on the chassis, less noise, & a more positive relocation

[clbarclay]

As Mike says, fit them on the bottom as they seem to work more rleiably than on the top if the spring disocates right off the cone. If you can weld or know a friend that can then bottom relocation cones are easy to DIY.

The ammount of dislocation is dependant on the damper setup and spring (with any spacers etc) free length rather than the ride height.

[Chris C]

Don't bother..............get some exhaust clamps and clamp the rear spring to the top ring so it doesn't come out!!! Disco's articulate great anyway without having to dislocate in IMHO but thats just my view each to there own!!!

[Xtremeteam]

Don't bother..............get some exhaust clamps and clamp the rear spring to the top ring so it doesn't come out!!! Disco's articulate great anyway without having to dislocate in IMHO but thats just my view each to there own!!!

yup till it bends the bottom plate & the spring comes winging out with nothing to guid it back to where it should be,  :roll:

[clbarclay]

If you don't want it to dislocate then just don't allow the axle to drop so far down in the first place* rather than clamping the spring.

*Eg don't fit longer than practical dampers or move the damper mounting points about to give excessive drop.


Clamping springs top and bottom seems like fixing the consequences rather than the causes.