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Hey...


I have one very badly sagged spring / so bad that I have an extended shackel giving 1.5" of lift to compensate and level the truck out ...
the spring sagged is the rear drivers-side...

Can anyone tell me Who will do spring reset in Wellington area .. and what sort of cost involved for 1 spring


... thanks

crizpy wrote:Hey...


I have one very badly sagged spring / so bad that I have an extended shackel giving 1.5" of lift to compensate and level the truck out ...
the spring sagged is the rear drivers-side...

Can anyone tell me Who will do spring reset in Wellington area .. and what sort of cost involved for 1 spring


... thanks

dunno about price but back a few years i had my ones reset lower in my old falcon ...
had it dome by j.d mclennons by melling bridge there ...

you can only but ask i guess if they cant do it .. im sure they will point you in the direction of someone that can

inghams on hutt rd have done mine in the past

thanks for the replys... I rang ingums and he can have a look for me when i get a chance to swing by His rough quote for a pair of springs was $350 However i should be able to get away with one reset as the other side is still standing tall , i tried searching yellow pages and google for a j.d mclennon and didnt have luck .. maybe have gone or name changed..

crizpy wrote:thanks for the replys... I rang ingums and he can have a look for me when i get a chance to swing by His rough quote for a pair of springs was $350 However i should be able to get away with one reset as the other side is still standing tall , i tried searching yellow pages and google for a j.d mclennon and didnt have luck .. maybe have gone or name changed..

Get the quote in writing. I didn't and they tried to charge me twice what was quoted.
For that sort of money you could go new

It wouldnt hurt to check out the price of OME springs from grant guy if your spending that sort of money for a reset, I think I paid about $200 each for my front ones a few years back, they were the dakkar ones made in Mayalisa not the origional Aussie made ones

Sadam_Husain wrote:It wouldnt hurt to check out the price of OME springs from grant guy if your spending that sort of money for a reset, I think I paid about $200 each for my front ones a few years back, they were the dakkar ones made in Mayalisa not the origional Aussie made ones

thanks for suggestion...

New springs would be Nice Only prob is I Think my springs are 3"
and think they are EFS But stickers have perished ...
although I might hunt round and see If i can get a single or pair of efs springs before i go with a reset.

curly12 wrote:

crizpy wrote:thanks for the replys... I rang ingums and he can have a look for me when i get a chance to swing by His rough quote for a pair of springs was $350 However i should be able to get away with one reset as the other side is still standing tall , i tried searching yellow pages and google for a j.d mclennon and didnt have luck .. maybe have gone or name changed..

Get the quote in writing. I didn't and they tried to charge me twice what was quoted.
For that sort of money you could go new

Thanks ... i will do if I go the reset path

Could also try Superior Springs

on another line of thought.
Are the springs installed on the right sides?
I know that Suzuki's can suffer from what is called the Suzuki lean. makes them look like one spring is badly sagged. it is caused by the springs being different spring rates and being installed on the wrong sides , drivers side has a higher rate to handle driver , battery , fuel tanks etc etc which are all on the same side.

Don't know if this would apply to Cruisers being a much heavier vehicle, but food for thought.

Rod Longsdale in the Waiarapa (featherston 4x4 club) has the gear to reset them and he is willing to show you as well.... don't have his number hands but he is in the phone book.

crizpy wrote:thanks for the replys... I rang ingums and he can have a look for me when i get a chance to swing by His rough quote for a pair of springs was $350 However i should be able to get away with one reset as the other side is still standing tall , i tried searching yellow pages and google for a j.d mclennon and didnt have luck .. maybe have gone or name changed..

here is mclennans number
04-570 8010
http://yellow.co.nz/whitepages/Lower-Hu ... 9_BUS.html

ive been told how to do it but i have not tried it yet. my chop needs a bit of spring sag so i will try it soon, basicly you split all the leaves then methodicly hammer along the spring over two higher points so ypou can introduce a new curve to the spring. apparently you need to measure each leave to make sure the curves are similar in profile to each other and you mark the shape on the bench in chalk to match them all together. i will check with my mate who told me about it and let you know. i also checked with inghams on hutt road and it was comparable to buying replacements. so basically if you can do it yourself it is worth reseting otherwise buying new ones is probably easier and at least you know they will work first time rather than paying a similar price imo

chrome wrote:
here is mclennans number
04-570 8010
http://yellow.co.nz/whitepages/Lower-Hu ... 9_BUS.html

They also trade as Airport Equipment

mf kings used to do them.not sure if they are still around .were down in gear st petone from memory

one spring should be about a hundy i would have thought

sig wrote:mf kings used to do them.not sure if they are still around .were down in gear st petone from memory

They are now in Wingate, Plikington St, left hand side heading north.