Spare suspension for the CSR

Last year we came across a current series Hilux with broken rear springs on the CSR.

On any remote trip like the Canning I carry a full set of shocks. I run coils all round so don't bother taking spare springs as they're far less likely to break & can easily be patched up to get out to civilization.
Rather than carry a full leaf pack you could take a main leaf, centre bolt & some clamps/wire to patch it up thereby saving alot of weight & being less likely to break them in the first place.
Cheers Craig..............

Hi Joff1,

When I did the CSR, I took spare dampeners only. The corrugations made the dampeners heat up and burst seals or crack on the joins.

I took my time and the other suspension components came thru unscathed.

I found there were people who were rushing to do the trip. This is when a lot of issues came about.

One moron was trying to do the trip in 2wd in his 4wd. It was like it would have been a badge of honour to do so. Meanwhile he was tearing up the track.

Take your time and stop and check components regularly and you should be ok.

Cheers Wilko

I used to decrease weight by not carrying spare shockies on the CSR. The track is so rough in parts now, I would recommend carrying shockies.

Cruiser springs should not be required but some lighter models like Rodeos seem to cop a hammering. I came across 3 rodeos with broken springs in 2008, and two coil cab patrols with broken chassis- one of them mine :-)

Carrying the main leaf may be an option for those who are handy, because Rodeos and the like break the main leaf at the eye.

I've done the CSR 3 times from top to bottom (last time in 2009) and once from W33 to W1 and have seen a lot of spring damage and shockie problems. Almost all caused by overweight vehicles, hard tyres and speed.

I have seen shockie failure to many known brands including Konis, old Man Emu and so on.

Here's what I recommend and what I would do about -

Shockies
I would suggest that you carry at least one front and one rear shockie.

Springs
From what I have read of you post I presume you have coils all round. I would string suggest fitting poly air type bags to the rear coils. This helps the coils immensely and reduces significantly coil spring damage / failure.

cheers

Great thread as we also get ready to do the Canning this year. On all previous trips I carry one front shock, one rear shock and a rear spring. For the camper a main spring and various U Bolts, nuts etc. Over the Simpson we did see three trucks with broken springs