Fuji Shooter Posted October 27, 2015 Report Share Posted October 27, 2015 Paddocks sell some too for a price comparison - http://www.paddockspares.com/parts-and-accessories/land-rover-series-2-and-3/suspension/parabolic-springs.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
viking Posted October 27, 2015 Author Report Share Posted October 27, 2015 thanks, id seen them, had loads of parts off them so far, still waiting for chassis, nut and bolt set, before i can get going on the re build, still plenty to be getting on with though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fuji Shooter Posted October 27, 2015 Report Share Posted October 27, 2015 If you get board I need a layshaft bearing changed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
viking Posted October 27, 2015 Author Report Share Posted October 27, 2015 dont do gearboxes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
viking Posted October 27, 2015 Author Report Share Posted October 27, 2015 (edited) I put some parabolics on mine and it did make a difference. http://www.gbsprings.co.uk/land-rover/ Just had these emails back from GB spring. Hi, Thank you for your enquiry for GB Springs Series II & III springs, we only supply Parabolic springs and not Multi-leaf springs. If you wish to fit Parabolics you need to fit a complete set since you should not mix Multileaf and Parabolic springs on this type of vehicle. We have responded with some info about our Land Rover parabolic springs which are only available direct from us and we hope may be of interest to you. GB Springs have been involved in developing and producing for some years a wide range of parabolic springs. As you can see from our website we are a mainstream supplier of Multileaf and Parabolic springs with sales to a wide range OEM's (we supply several hundred tonnes of springs per year). We have developed a range of parabolic springs to give a more comfortable ride both on and off road for Land Rovers, MG's and other vehicles. For your applications the prices we would quote are as follows:- For a SWB Land Rover Series II or III vehicle, we offer a two-leaf front and a three-leaf rear spring (true three leaf spring not a 2+1 spring with a loose helper) - £320.00. The kit includes the springs (handed and clearly marked Off side and Near side), "U" bolts + nuts, eye bolts + nuts and rubber to metal bonded bushes (standard Landrover sizes). In some instances the leaning issues comes from springs not being handed. The load capacity for the two leaf fronts is 930kg per axle and for our three leaf rears is 1190kgs per axle. We do not recommend fitting two leaf front and two leaf rear springs since in our experience they have caused problems if any reasonable load is carried in the back of the vehicle. In our experience with a standard set up these springs should not raise the vehicle more than 1" at most. Our packages are available ex-stock and are quoted inclusive of UK VAT (at 20%) and include 2-3 day carrier delivery to addresses in England. If you compare like with like then I think you will find our pricing for Land Rover parabolic springs to be the very competitive, but if you want to give us a ring (07970105775) then we can discuss any other issues you may want to bring up. For your information we do not sell shock absorbers but we would offer the following advice:- If your driving is mainly on Highway with the occasional sorties off road, but even then the off road work is at slow speeds over relatively minor undulations we believe you can get away with using ordinary shock absorbers. The longer stroking shocks on the market are required for applications where the increased articulation possible through parabolic springs comes into play. Then it is possible that you can over stroke the standard shock and hence the need for a longer stoking shock. Re the bigger bore shocks available. Here you only need the bigger bore for when the shock is being excited rapidly i.e.. Belgian Pave type work. That is in a normal size shock bore the oil starts to heat up when being excited in this way and ultimately starts to boil since it is impossible to loose the heat generated. As a result you can fit a larger bore shock to cope with higher driving speed driving for long distances over ground where the shock is very active (i.e. Off-road regularly and for long distances). We also do not fit polybushes as we feel from our development work that they will not give a noticeable improvement in suspension performance, we will supply springs without bushes for you to fit your own polybushes. We do feel that whilst polybushes last longer than rubber to metal bonded bushes there is no such thing as a "free lunch", hence the forces that normally wear out the rubber to metal bonded bush must go somewhere and normally with poly bushes they go into the chassis and the chassis will show wear (i.e. Oval holes) at the linkage. We hope you will buy GB Springs Parabolic's for your vehicle and look forward to hearing from you!!! Please contact us if we can be of assistance. Best regards, Paul Stone IMPORTANT - this e-mail and the information that it contains may be confidential and protected by law. Access by the intended recipient only is authorised. Any liability (in negligence or otherwise) arising from any third party acting, or refraining from acting, on any information contained in this e-mail is hereby excluded. If you are not the intended recipient, please notify the sender immediately and do not disclose the contents to any other person, use it for any purpose, or store or copy the information in any medium. Copyright in this e-mail and attachments created by us belong to the author: the author also asserts the right to be identified as such and objects to any misuse. The author accepts no responsibility for any viruses included with this email or its attachments and it is your responsibility to scan the email and any attachments. -----Original Message----- From: GB Springs WEBSITE [mailto:noreply@gbsprings.co.uk] Sent: 27 October 2015 10:42 To: Sales Subject: Website Enquiry from www.gbsprings.co.uk Importance: High Website Enquiry from www.gbsprings.co.uk Details ---------------------------- Enquiry: hi, can you give me a price for a full set of parabolic springs for a 1982 swb land rover series 3, and the delivery cost. thanks. lee We don’t move on price but a word of warning when you buy from Paddocks, Craddocks or any of the companies that source from Bearmach/Britpart etc make sure that the springs you buy are handed otherwise your vehicle will lean when you come to show it to a potential buyer. Typically Para or Multileaf the offside spring free height should be 3/4" higher than the nearside spring. Regards Paul IMPORTANT - this e-mail and the information that it contains may be confidential and protected by law. Access by the intended recipient only is authorised. Any liability (in negligence or otherwise) arising from any third party acting, or refraining from acting, on any information contained in this e-mail is hereby excluded. If you are not the intended recipient, please notify the sender immediately and do not disclose the contents to any other person, use it for any purpose, or store or copy the information in any medium. Copyright in this e-mail and attachments created by us belong to the author: the author also asserts the right to be identified as such and objects to any misuse. The author accepts no responsibility for any viruses included with this email or its attachments and it is your responsibility to scan the email and any attachments. Sent: 27 October 2015 17:50 To: Paul Stone Subject: Re: Website Enquiry from www.gbsprings.co.uk Paul. Thanks for the quick and very detailed reply. That's some great information and very helpfull. I'm still in two minds wether to go for the parabolic or leaf springs. It's for a restoration I'm doing on a csw. And I could do with keeping the costs down really. I can get leaf springs from paddocks for 250 and parabolic for 280. As I won't be keeping it long before I sell it it's more of cost than what's best in the long run as a long time owner. Is there any movement on price. Kind regards. Lee Edited October 27, 2015 by viking Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul223 Posted October 27, 2015 Report Share Posted October 27, 2015 You might want to edit out the email addy Lee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
viking Posted October 27, 2015 Author Report Share Posted October 27, 2015 good thinking paul. thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
viking Posted October 29, 2015 Author Report Share Posted October 29, 2015 Don't know if Iv asked before or not, but chassis painted or left galvanised? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul223 Posted October 30, 2015 Report Share Posted October 30, 2015 (edited) 'T' washed and painted Edited October 30, 2015 by Paul223 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul223 Posted October 30, 2015 Report Share Posted October 30, 2015 http://www.smithandallan.com/documents/IM911%20Tor%20T%20Wash%20mordant%20solution.doc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
viking Posted November 1, 2015 Author Report Share Posted November 1, 2015 this link doesnt work for me, it goes onto Microsoft office and i dont have it and what paint and also, whats best paint to paint axles, thanks. lee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul223 Posted November 1, 2015 Report Share Posted November 1, 2015 https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=modrant+t+wash&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en-gb&client=safari Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
viking Posted November 4, 2015 Author Report Share Posted November 4, 2015 seen as iv ordered some new parabolic springs i thought id do my old ones up paint them and put them on ebay, i know there probably only worth e few quid but it would be nice if they could be re used, just had the wire wheel on them and sprayed them, or should i say it as iv only done one so far. , . . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchman Posted November 5, 2015 Report Share Posted November 5, 2015 thats ok....you might get more than you think... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
viking Posted November 5, 2015 Author Report Share Posted November 5, 2015 that would be nice, id rather they were put to use rather than going to the scrappers.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
viking Posted November 5, 2015 Author Report Share Posted November 5, 2015 new parabolic springs came today £320 from GB springs, made properly and handed. (whatever that means) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
viking Posted November 5, 2015 Author Report Share Posted November 5, 2015 https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=modrant+t+wash&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en-gb&client=safari thanks paul, seen a video on youtube of some one t washing a galvi chassis then painting it, looks within my capability's. just been told 2-3 weeks for chassis to get here, then the re-build can begin, slowly buy surley,,cant wait Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchman Posted November 5, 2015 Report Share Posted November 5, 2015 does "handed" mean.that one side is slightly sprung different to the otherside ...to take in account of the weight of the driver....? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
la bala Posted November 5, 2015 Report Share Posted November 5, 2015 does "handed" mean.that one side is slightly sprung different to the otherside ...to take in account of the weight of the driver....? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
viking Posted November 5, 2015 Author Report Share Posted November 5, 2015 could well be then cos they did say the drivers side would sit 3/4" higher to allow for the driver Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
viking Posted November 5, 2015 Author Report Share Posted November 5, 2015 old springs all done now, look better in the flesh when dry like the last picture, the one i did yesterday, . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
viking Posted November 6, 2015 Author Report Share Posted November 6, 2015 well picked my stuff up from the shot blasters today. come up well, . . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
viking Posted November 6, 2015 Author Report Share Posted November 6, 2015 springs have come up nice to, ebay they go Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchman Posted November 6, 2015 Report Share Posted November 6, 2015 nice job working neat and tidy...............you can see all wot belongs to what............... one observation..................get the primer on ASAP on all the stuff that has been blasted...dont allow and moisture to start forming on it..........are you painting or spraying the primer ?...if you are painting ...really cut the first coat back and use a really good soft brush and it will really get worked in like that ...and it will give a really good finish.....when thats done you will be safe.............. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
viking Posted November 6, 2015 Author Report Share Posted November 6, 2015 ill be spraying it on tomorrow, etch primer. as for the engine iv a mate whos going to look at it when i can nail him down, been a land rover mechanic for 30 years, also going to look at the gearbox. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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