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trofe · Newbie Joined: 20 Jul 2006 Posts: 2 Location: New Zealand

Hi there,

Jacked up the rear of my 3.1TD Isuzu Bighorn/Trooper (Short Wheel Base) and noticed that the springs do not stay captured. I assume the shocks are correct as one of them as been replaced and still has the chassi number written on it. Is there a difference between the long wheel base rear springs and the short wheel base rear springs size as have found some on a long wheel base Trooper.

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Peter Bonnell · ***** Joined: 17 Dec 2005 Posts: 621 Location: Rotherham

Where are you jacking the car , the only way a spring should be released is if you remove the bottom damper bolt , then jack the body up . If you jack under the diff the whole car goes up , but as far as I know swb & lwb springs are the same

Philp · Posted: Fri Jul 21, 2006 15:53 Post subject:

If you're jacking the thing up by the chassis rather than the axles then it could be possible for the springs to become unseated if they're knackerd and flattened out a bit. This is why lots of extreme off road landrovers use dislocation cones so that the springs reseat properly after big articulations of the axle.
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Twister · Posted: Fri Jul 21, 2006 18:50 Post subject:

If your springs are dislocating then either the springs are shot, or the shocks are too long. Chances are its the springs.
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