Tuesday, Jun 22, 2004 at 22:03
G'day Eric,
Mate, I'm running Lovells springs and Koni shockers....
the springs are 5" at rear and 4" at the front. However, due to the weight I carry (3050kg B4 I load it up for a trip) it only sits 3" (back and front) above a bog standard patrol.
The shockers have been on since new (now done 127,000klm) and do have oil residue with associated dust/grime all over them.
I know I can gettem re-built, but can't take em off to send em away....would be without truck for days/weeks. It's my daily driver, so if you reckon it's the shockers I'll have to decide whether to replace with another set of good quality or a cheap set like OMEs and then send the koni's away for re-build.
If I get a new, expensive set I'm leaning towards Tough Dog Ralphs with their 53mm
bore.
I've been thru all this on the
forum a few months ago and ended up doing nothing, especially when blokes who I have a lot of respect for said the konis were best and should be okay for 200/300,000klm.
It may
well be a case of the shockers causing the wandering feel; it's not really that bad, but I know of other GUs with less lift than
mine than
mine which have had their castor bushes changed (eg: Gerk's with it's 2" OME set-up).
I guess the castor bushes (either 2 or 3 degrees) is gunna be the cheaper of the 2 options. If that doesn't work, then it'll be new shockers.
I'm not sure how to measure what my current castor angle is or what it should be. Also, not sure about this toe-in aspect either.?
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