spring spacers, fixing in place?

[42south]

Hi Guys
I am going to put spring spacers in my Safari which has standard springs in it.
Whilst doing research I found one post that suggested fixing them in place using builders adhesive and electrical tape, to prevent them falling out with full spring extension.
I am not an extreme 4wdriver and am wondering if this is really necessary?
Any thoughts on the matter would be appreciated.

[coxsy]

mine stayed in on standard hight and with a 75mm sagged hight

[42south]

Hi Coxsy
Seeing how you have them fitted to yours, I have a query. Is it difficult to tell which way up they should fit in? the front ones have a sort of extended ridge/lip in the top and bottom, which i assume is some kind of locating thing.
Any ideas.

[coxsy]

its been awhile since i fitted them back in and so no real help for you, and checked 4wdbits site for a referance but same pic for front and rear

[42south]

Hi Guys
I've got the spring spacers in place and they have got the desired result 30mm lift.
It took the garage around 4 hours to do the lot, apparently they did have to use a spring compressor, as I have new springs fitted all round.
I did have one interesting thing happen on my first long trip. Coming off a metal road onto tarseal in 4WD high, I suddenly got a case of the often mentioned death wobbles at around 80-90km going downhill on the tarseal. I braked to a stop had a look around and found nothing out of place so continued on, and never had another occurence. There was probalbly a bump coming off the metal to tarseal, but nothing much.
Any ideas, i was thinking perhaps a wheel balance and alignment. This is the only suspension mod on the vehicle apart from new springs and rancho 9000 shocks.

[zephyrheaven]

Have a look at a good quality steering damper, death wobble could be a load of things but Ive cured a few with a damper

[42south]

Hi
Did you use an aftermarket large damper like this

http://www.4wdbits.co.nz/ProductDetails ... uctID=1121

or stick with the factory one?