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Vehicle & Technical => Discovery => Topic started by: colintandy on February 02, 2006, 21:05:45

Title: rear lowererd top shock mounts
Post by: colintandy on February 02, 2006, 21:05:45

:Dhad these arrive yesterday aint gona have time to fit yet as she bit poorley set of rear lowered top shock mounts to compliment the dislocation cones or re-location cones lowers the shockers by a further 2 inches thus enabling the axel to droop a further 2 inches to keep traction to the wheels  as normal the quality is very good from scorpion racing

Title: rear lowererd top shock mounts
Post by: chuggaman on February 02, 2006, 21:17:33

dont forget the polybushes to use with  them   :wink:

mike

Title: rear lowererd top shock mounts
Post by: colintandy on February 02, 2006, 21:31:38

:roll: yes i did forget thanks will have to get some ....where from mike

Title: rear lowererd top shock mounts
Post by: Sheddy on February 02, 2006, 21:53:48

errrrrr ...... Scorpion?

Title: rear lowererd top shock mounts
Post by: Jake on February 02, 2006, 21:55:34

That gets my vote
 :lol:

Scorpion must be loving you at the mo!
 :wink:

Title: rear lowererd top shock mounts
Post by: colintandy on February 02, 2006, 22:48:16

:D yep scorpion ....is good kit i aint had no problems with there stuff

Title: rear lowererd top shock mounts
Post by: Colin 009 on February 02, 2006, 22:52:58

scorpion are just up the road from me, have spent a few quid there myself, just dont have enough money to keep going there. :cry:

Title: rear lowererd top shock mounts
Post by: Bulli on February 02, 2006, 22:53:01

surely you already have bushes in your shocks?? If they arent duff why change them. I have never used poly bushes for them i just use procomp ones that came with the shocks.

Title: rear lowererd top shock mounts
Post by: colintandy on February 02, 2006, 23:06:17

:D i expect the ones i got with the delphi shockers are ok if needed i will change but only if needed they been on about 15 months so i just might change them as im expecting wear ..been offroading lots in past 15 months i got bigger problems at moment with bad oil leak from rear

Title: rear lowererd top shock mounts
Post by: Mace on February 03, 2006, 10:56:22

And now you'll start chewing your rear prop U/J's.

Title: rear lowererd top shock mounts
Post by: Range Rover Blues on February 03, 2006, 18:38:41

Have you got longer dampers too? if so do the dampers bottom out before the axle hits the bunp stop with these mounts fitted? I've often wondered.....

Title: rear lowererd top shock mounts
Post by: Bulli on February 03, 2006, 18:44:54

not so far!!!

Title: rear lowererd top shock mounts
Post by: thumbs on February 03, 2006, 19:55:09

these are on my list to along with the rest of the evolution kit, starting fitting my lift kit today, threads dont look to health om my shock mounts   :(

how much where they mate if you dont mind me asking?

Title: rear lowererd top shock mounts
Post by: Bulli on February 03, 2006, 20:12:11

thumbs, unless you are fitting cones dont bother with lowered mounts or you will keep popping your springs out at inconvienient moments

Title: rear lowererd top shock mounts
Post by: thumbs on February 03, 2006, 20:43:44

i was planning on getting dislocation cones, rear trailing arms and extended bump stops all at the same time as the lower shock mounts. wont be till next pay day though  :D

Title: rear lowererd top shock mounts
Post by: chuggaman on February 03, 2006, 20:47:13

i use  2 inch lower rear shock mounts too.
when i put procomp +4 shocks on and the rubbers that came with them,they(the rubber bushes) were chewed in 4 weeks.
had polybushes on now for a while and no probs.the longer the droop the more acute the angle of the shock.hence chewing.

i use blue polybushes


mike

Title: rear lowererd top shock mounts
Post by: colintandy on February 03, 2006, 21:15:56

:D im guessing that chewing ...is when the shocker is fully stretched and it bends the rod!in the shocker ...or am i miles away

Title: rear lowererd top shock mounts
Post by: Bulli on February 03, 2006, 22:30:24

there should be enough movement in the bushes..unless the shock is misaligned..if you bend the rod the shock wont be a damper for long!!!

Title: rear lowererd top shock mounts
Post by: Range Rover Blues on February 04, 2006, 01:05:12

Quote from: "colintandy"

:D im guessing that chewing ...is when the shocker is fully stretched and it bends the rod!in the shocker ...or am i miles away

If you look at the picture in the first post you should notice that the mounting for the top damper eye is at an angle, the rear dampers splay outwards from the chassis to the axle, so fit at the same angle.  When you have longer dampers and these are extended then that angle decreases, so the top bush particularly gets twisted between the eye and the bolt, where it gets pinched the rubber gets chewed away.

Out of interest, do the bottom rubbers get chewed up too?

Title: rear lowererd top shock mounts
Post by: Bulli on February 04, 2006, 08:06:53

the bottom ones are less likely as its a wide doughnut type as per standard fitment

Title: rear lowererd top shock mounts
Post by: chuggaman on February 04, 2006, 08:09:24

i agree with the 2 posts above


mike