Springs

Do you have to remove the rubber cone thing at the top of the suspension first and does the bolt on top mount of the shocks need to be screwed down as far as it will go

little monster wrote: Do you have to remove the rubber cone thing at the top of the suspension first and does the bolt on top mount of the shocks need to be screwed down as far as it will go

the rubber at top of the springs stays there unless your fitting spacers then take them off

and the nut on the shocks i just did it till it had resistance and was squishing the bush slightly so its not loose but not all the way as the bush cant do its job as the tighter it gets the harder it is loosing its damper effect

Thanks adam i will go and try to put the longer sping on now, lots of swearing to be done no doubt

no worries gotta help fellow suzuki people like minded folk n all that

This is richie's jimny on the Suzuki 4U forum,he moved his rear brake line bracket down lower to give him a extra 3" of slack on the hose at the back a good simple idea.
www.suzuki4u.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?t=9975

Suspension all on now thanks for all the advice, managed to get the long spring in without clamps, removed the caliper put a scissor jack between axle and chassis and wound it open until the spring went in......Simples

i know its a pain having to unbolt the caliper but trying to compress them with spring clamps then unwind them while on car i a right faff on... much easier the other way!

Glad they are sorted! PICS!

ok guys more advice required all suspension fitted, bigger tyres fitted but have noticed that the front wheel on the drivers side is protruding slightly outside the wheel arch & passenger side is well inside the arch no record of accident right off, is there a way of correcting this without major surgery, also had my rough country steering damper delivered today from jimnybits with no instructions on how to fit it anyone know where i can find a good guide....link please

Your panhard rod is to short back and front. You can get adjustable rods from Big jimny shop, Jimnybits, KAP, ORA, ect.
www.jimnybits.co.uk/shop/index.php?_a=viewProd&productId=23

Don't panic don't panic!!
I guess you haven't fitted adjustable panhard rods (the diagonal bar from the chassis to one side of the axle), if you have you just need to adjust them to correct the offset due to longer springs.
I fitted +2ins springs and left the standard panhard rods, although the offset isn't visibly noticable it has resulted (I think) in the following anomaly,

Looks like those bushes are shot. It should be central.

Yea it's probably time to fit the castor correction bushes I also didn't fit when I fitted the springs:blush: They're still in the packaging:whistle: