Suspention Travel

[James.Harwood]

My brother has a bit of a problem on his 110 CSW 300TDI cross axling.

Does any one know how to improve the suspention travel without raising the ride height.

[Budgie]

You can drop the shocker mountings on the front & rear. This gives upto 2 inches of extra drop on each axle. You should replace the flexible brake hoses with longer ones so that there is no chance of stretching them on full articulation.

Have a look at Paddock Spares site for info.
You're looking at -2" front shocker turrets, -2" rear shocker mounts, front & rear spring retainers and dislocation cones for the front & rear.

Another option is to fit lockable diffs the axles, but that starts getting expensive.  

[thermidorthelobster]

Does it have anti-roll bars?  If so, these can go for a start.

[Range Rover Blues]

Do the anti-roll bars actually reduce articluation? I believe the RTI for a RRC with them is the same (or very near) as without.  It would make a difference on a loose or slippery surface of course.  Pewrsonally I'm waiting for a decent design of disconect for them that doesn't involve spanners.

One question, if you lower the shock mounts, do the shocks now "bottom out" before you hit the bump-rubbers? Another way around it would be longer shocks which would be uprated too.

As already stated you then need longer brake flexis and possibly dislocation cones.

You could try modifying just one end, the back, as the limiting factor on the front is not just the shocks but the radius arm bushes too.

[datalas]

they do, or theoretically at least, they should.

The antiroll bar is essentially a bib bit of metal that is trying to keep the axle straight.  By definition "roll" is the vehicle leaning to one side in the same way it does when you're tying to lift a wheel...

[muddyweb]

Greater axle travel does not automatically improve traction !!!!

Just because you have managed to get your wheel touching the ground, it doesn't necessarily follow that you won't get cross axled and that you won't get stuck.  A lot depends on the actual reasons for reaching the limits.

The slightly more pompous answer is that the best way to avoid getting cross-axled is to choose the line you drive carefully ;-)