Any Advise 2" Lift

[TUFFTEE]

About to attempt the 2" lift on the disco! just waiting for my braided brake pipes to be delivered! Also considering 30mm wheel spacers to widen the track! any advise would be helpfull please.
                                              Nev... (disco fever)

[driftwood]

dont know anything about the spacers, sorry

the only thing i had problems with when doing my lift was theshock absorber turret securing rings, the bolting bits all snapped. you could probabily get 2 for a tenner or so, might be worth replacing anyway.

[Bulli]

Are you putting new shocks and springs on or spacer plates?
The wheel spacer load the wheels bearings up and for the cost you could get different offset steels...worth considering. The turret rings are quite prone to corrosion as Driftwood said so might be worth changing. Main advice use gallons of penetrating oil on all the nuts and bolts...either that or get a couple of discs for your angle grinder :(bigwicked):

[Xtremeteam]

but if you give the nuts on the rings alittle heat with an oxy torch they unscrew no probs & never broken 1 to this day <touch wood>

[thermidorthelobster]

I strongly recommend you use spring compressors.  It's possible without them, but a damn sight harder - you'd need to remove the anti-roll bars if you have them, and even then you might struggle to get enough travel.  If you buy any, make sure they're decent ones and not the crappy Machine Mart ones which bend and are a liability.

When using spring compressors, make life easier by putting the compressor on the spring before you drop the axle - and take the weight of the body back up on the axle before taking the spring compressors off again.  It saves a lot of winding.

Also, make sure you get the springs the right way round!  The thicker ones will go on the back, and the driver's side ones are slightly longer than the passenger side.

[thermidorthelobster]

By the way Nev, if you're at Heathrow, I'm only 25 minutes away if you want to borrow my spring compressors - I also have a decent jack and axle stands if you need them :)

[TUFFTEE]

Thanks chaps for all that lovely advise! I have to answer a few questions new pro-comp springs and shox to go on! however 2 of the springs are very slightly smaller in height? so i guess they are the back ones?
i had the front turrets off about six months ago so they should'nt be too much trouble!
i have'nt got any roll bars fitted
but i need to know if i have to adjust any thing on the steering rod system?
                                          nev.....

[driftwood]

i only had a 1.5" lift at the front, i tried it and didnt need to alter my steering as it didnt show signs of pulling etc, maybe i should have done or not i don't know?

[davidlandy]

Thanks chaps for all that lovely advise! I have to answer a few questions new pro-comp springs and shox to go on! however 2 of the springs are very slightly smaller in height? so i guess they are the back ones?
i had the front turrets off about six months ago so they should'nt be too much trouble!
i have'nt got any roll bars fitted
but i need to know if i have to adjust any thing on the steering rod system?
                                          nev.....

the smaller ones are for the front - not sure whether this applies to a disco but on a defender they vary in height between each side as well by a few mm to compensate for fat drivers and derv tank!

I didnt adjust the steering rod

[thermidorthelobster]

Smaller diameter steel on the front, smaller in height on the non-driver side.  Er, as per my post :)