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That is a bunch of crap!!!!
First car, lx450!
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What cold tire pressure are you inflating the tires to? Most of us run between 32 and 45 psi for AT type of tires depending on weight being carried. For off-road you will need to drop from 15 to 20 psi. Your description of rough ride is usually caused by high pressure. Shocks are going to smooth out about the time they need replacement. If you still have a rough ride then you have been sold the wrong spring/shock combo again based on load.
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33 psi on all four, just checked.
It doesn't really make sense to me because these are new OEM shocks (my old were pretty blown out, could very easily compress them) and OME 861/862 springs which are about as close to stock as I could find. My weight is pretty light, no 2nd or 3rd row, but it just seems very strange that ride quality is partially worse now after putting in shocks that actually work.
My new springs were off by an inch (inch shorter on front, inch longer on rear) so I'm wondering if that could have something to do with it.
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In that case your springs are going to be too stiff for amount of weight. You have removed a lot of weight so OEM shocks with OME springs are designed for stock vehicle of 4800 pounds but you've removed around 300-400 pounds so the vehicle is "over sprung". At this point I would start by adding 100 pounds and test. Not good yet, add another 100 or a couple of your fat friends.
The OME springs assume you're an Aussie tourer and you have a big bumper with a winch on the front and a few hundred pounds of gear and water in the back.
FWIW I think you should run your original springs and add spacers if you want to bump the ride height back up a little to account for sag.
FWIW I think you should run your original springs and add spacers if you want to bump the ride height back up a little to account for sag.
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I still have them, deliberately didn't throw them out because of your comments. A bumper was possibly in my future, we'll see, but I definitely have options and I'm happy I know how to swap it now. The idea of swapping springs over a Saturday sounds pretty reasonable to me now.
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@banjo1981 what's your weight look like with your OME 861/862?
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Never throwaway any OEM parts. I see so many new owners dispose of parts that they have removed. All of our vehicles are now 27 to 32 years old and more and more OEM parts are no longer available. Even if you don't want them there is going many of us that can rebuild, refurbish or repurpose. Say you don't have space to store or too much bother, as time goes by they will get rarer and worth more and you will become weathyer.
In the 1994, I was stock with second and third row. Had a full size spare and no drawers. I liked the firmer ride vs the stock springs + OEM shocks. But all my bushings were still in decent shape.
Now on the 1993, I have heavy drawers back there and waiting on my front bumper + winch to arrive. It rides great in my opinion, but vehicle ride quality is a very subjective thing. Give it some time, people always say these springs “settle” in over time.
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Makes sense, yeah just wanted an idea much appreciated. I'm definitely a few hundred pounds lighter, easy thing to play with, but I won't do anything until I drive it around for awhile.
This is the reason I went with the Dobinsons progressive coils on mine. When empty it rides fine even though there is a slight rake (rear higher than the front) but when loaded it sits level and can handle the weight. The initial impact is less harsh than it would be on a standard spring.
If you have the seats our presumably there's a plan to put some kind of platform or drawers back there? That will add weight and make it ride smoother.
If you have the seats our presumably there's a plan to put some kind of platform or drawers back there? That will add weight and make it ride smoother.
2861/2862 are a variable/progressive rate coil spring.
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Plan is definitely to have a bed/drawer system, more just a matter of when I get to it. But yeah over time once I'm done it'll be weighted out pretty nicely.
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On a completely separate note - I just filled my knuckles up for the third time in the past few months, at first I thought it was so low that I had to let it settle out, but I found this below the knuckle this morning.
This looks like diff soup to me? It runs like water, which is definitely not moly. I do have a diff breather.
This looks like diff soup to me? It runs like water, which is definitely not moly. I do have a diff breather.
Remind us - did you already do a knuckle job?
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Nope, but looks like I will soon. Better to do sooner rather than later right? Guess I could just keep filling it up every week or two and cleaning it off, but seems like a pain.
Yeah I'd make a plan to get this sorted out sooner than later. Call @cruiseroutfit and they will provide you everything you need. It's also good time to replace the front brake rotors and wheel bearings, as well as brake pads.
One thing I didn't do at the time of my knuckle job that I wish I did now was to reseal the front differential. It requires pulling the front axles out which is part of the knuckle job.
One thing I didn't do at the time of my knuckle job that I wish I did now was to reseal the front differential. It requires pulling the front axles out which is part of the knuckle job.
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Perfect, was just looking at their site. Only thing is I see some people replace the birf too - seems unnecessary unless you really know? I heard a little clicking when it was really low, but adding moly makes the clicks go away.
