Hello LC Fam! Question of the 100'ers. I installed a 2.5" OME suspension lift on my 2006 LC 100 roughly 6 months ago, with "heavy duty" rear springs. Overall the installation was a breeze and I'm very happy with the suspension overall. However, I have one issue I'm working to resolve, and that's the settling of the torsion bars. Below are a few specifics, let me know if any of you have the same issue as well as any corrective actions you can recommend.
1) During the installation, as recommended by the OME universe, I spent a lot of time and effort on the adjustments of the torsion bars to insure the ride height was spot on. This took several rounds of measuring and adjusting. After I got it dialed in I drove it for about 100 miles over a week's time, allowing the torsion bars to settle, which they did. 2.5" settled to 1.5" of lift on the front end during this time frame as expected. I then did a final adjustment on the back end of the torsion bars to regain as much of the lost 1 inch of ride height as possible. I was able to regain 3/4 of an inch, equating to 2 1/4 inch lift. After roughly 6 months, the front end has settled again by roughly 3/4 inch. What I have now is a bit of a stink bug, meaning the back end sits higher than the original intended rake angle.
2) A few facts. The Rig has a custom made front bumper with a warren 1200 winch ( about 300 lbs in total). The back end also has a custom bumper with dual swing-outs, and a full size spare (34 x 11.50), also about 300lbs. I have the factory jump seats in the back at all times in order to keep as much weight on the springs as possible. I also have installed the spidertrax wheel spacers recommended by slee. I believe they are 1.25".
3) When I completed the second adjustment, the torsion bar adjustment bolts were almost maxed out, with only about 1 to 1/2 turn remaining before running our tread. I also noticed that after this adjustment, the front wheels/tires were pulled inward toward the center of the rig making the wheel base slightly more narrow than the back end.
I'm trying to solve two issues, if at all possible.
A) now that the torsion bars have settled, to what I hope is their final position. I'm thinking about taking them out, and increasing the 5 spline preload to somthing more. 7 or 8 perhaps. My logic is that this will reload the torsion bars more which will help counterbalance the settling and help regain a bit more ride height on the front end. I think this is a sound theory, but I'm wondering if there will be any negative impacts as a result. Any thoughts?
B) If I do adjust to a more significant preload , 7-8 splines, and regain a more desirable ride height, I'm certain that the front wheel base will again become more narrow then the back end. To counter this effect, i'm thinking about changing out the front wheel spacers for 1.5 to 1.75", from 1.25" and keeping the back wheel spacers at 1.5". Again, I think this is a sound theory, but wondering what harm I may be doing?
Any thoughts on either point, please let me know!!
Thanks
1) During the installation, as recommended by the OME universe, I spent a lot of time and effort on the adjustments of the torsion bars to insure the ride height was spot on. This took several rounds of measuring and adjusting. After I got it dialed in I drove it for about 100 miles over a week's time, allowing the torsion bars to settle, which they did. 2.5" settled to 1.5" of lift on the front end during this time frame as expected. I then did a final adjustment on the back end of the torsion bars to regain as much of the lost 1 inch of ride height as possible. I was able to regain 3/4 of an inch, equating to 2 1/4 inch lift. After roughly 6 months, the front end has settled again by roughly 3/4 inch. What I have now is a bit of a stink bug, meaning the back end sits higher than the original intended rake angle.
2) A few facts. The Rig has a custom made front bumper with a warren 1200 winch ( about 300 lbs in total). The back end also has a custom bumper with dual swing-outs, and a full size spare (34 x 11.50), also about 300lbs. I have the factory jump seats in the back at all times in order to keep as much weight on the springs as possible. I also have installed the spidertrax wheel spacers recommended by slee. I believe they are 1.25".
3) When I completed the second adjustment, the torsion bar adjustment bolts were almost maxed out, with only about 1 to 1/2 turn remaining before running our tread. I also noticed that after this adjustment, the front wheels/tires were pulled inward toward the center of the rig making the wheel base slightly more narrow than the back end.
I'm trying to solve two issues, if at all possible.
A) now that the torsion bars have settled, to what I hope is their final position. I'm thinking about taking them out, and increasing the 5 spline preload to somthing more. 7 or 8 perhaps. My logic is that this will reload the torsion bars more which will help counterbalance the settling and help regain a bit more ride height on the front end. I think this is a sound theory, but I'm wondering if there will be any negative impacts as a result. Any thoughts?
B) If I do adjust to a more significant preload , 7-8 splines, and regain a more desirable ride height, I'm certain that the front wheel base will again become more narrow then the back end. To counter this effect, i'm thinking about changing out the front wheel spacers for 1.5 to 1.75", from 1.25" and keeping the back wheel spacers at 1.5". Again, I think this is a sound theory, but wondering what harm I may be doing?
Any thoughts on either point, please let me know!!
Thanks
