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is it hard to lower the 406?
Posted: Thu Mar 18, 2010 8:34 pm
by mrcarlxx
as above really, gonna buy a set of springs soon and what to know how hard the job is that i am going to be taking on....
anyone wrote any guides at all?
Re: is it hard to lower the 406?
Posted: Thu Mar 18, 2010 8:37 pm
by HimBigChief
Took me a day to do it all on my todd. Not a particularly difficult thing to do, just be careful compressing the standard springs as they are very, very long compared to the lowering springs.
Re: is it hard to lower the 406?
Posted: Thu Mar 18, 2010 9:08 pm
by mrcarlxx
HimBigChief wrote:Took me a day to do it all on my todd. Not a particularly difficult thing to do, just be careful compressing the standard springs as they are very, very long compared to the lowering springs.
cool i will spred the work over a weekend then.....anything else i whould be careful with?
Re: is it hard to lower the 406?
Posted: Thu Mar 18, 2010 10:38 pm
by steve_earwig
Just the usual one - careful with those spring compressors!
Re: is it hard to lower the 406?
Posted: Fri Mar 19, 2010 7:30 am
by plod
Beg, borrow or steal, a hydraulic spring compressor
Job goes from potentially lethal to piece of p**s
Re: is it hard to lower the 406?
Posted: Fri Mar 19, 2010 8:04 am
by StevieboyTD
I'm some sort of freak, i'm looking for a way to raise mine.
Re: is it hard to lower the 406?
Posted: Fri Mar 19, 2010 8:18 am
by steve_earwig
Me too, the roads are crap here. You might want to look into "uneven terrain" suspension. I know the higher C of G might upset the roadholding but my days of cornering like a loon are long since past
Re: is it hard to lower the 406?
Posted: Fri Mar 19, 2010 9:55 am
by StevieboyTD
Used to be able to get spacers for my Vitara that basically lift the bodywork, but kept the same suspension.
2" spacer between the top of the strut and the top mount in the engine bay, and a poly spacer to lengthen the spring and a thread extension to lengthen the shock on the back.
Wish the 406 was so easy to bodge!
Re: is it hard to lower the 406?
Posted: Fri Mar 19, 2010 12:32 pm
by mrcarlxx
HimBigChief wrote:Took me a day to do it all on my todd. Not a particularly difficult thing to do, just be careful compressing the standard springs as they are very, very long compared to the lowering springs.
when you done yours did you have to take the hub nut off and keep the disk intact with the strut? or did you undo the bolt on the rear of the strut seperating the strut from the bottom arm leaving the hub and brakes in place?
Re: is it hard to lower the 406?
Posted: Fri Mar 19, 2010 2:36 pm
by plod
With mine, it was a case of undoing the drop link, undoing the bolt to seperate the strut from the hub assembly, and undoing the 3 bolts holding the strut to the strut top mounting in the engine bay
Re: is it hard to lower the 406?
Posted: Fri Mar 19, 2010 2:42 pm
by mrcarlxx
plod wrote:With mine, it was a case of undoing the drop link, undoing the bolt to seperate the strut from the hub assembly, and undoing the 3 bolts holding the strut to the strut top mounting in the engine bay
what then just push down on the hub until there is enough room to pull it out?
Re: is it hard to lower the 406?
Posted: Fri Mar 19, 2010 3:32 pm
by plod
Once the bolt holding the strut to the hub assembly is undone, you should be able to force it away from the strut, then undo the strut top.
Re: is it hard to lower the 406?
Posted: Fri Mar 19, 2010 4:03 pm
by mrcarlxx
plod wrote:Once the bolt holding the strut to the hub assembly is undone, you should be able to force it away from the strut, then undo the strut top.
what about the rear springs they look like a puzzle