increase rear suspension ride height?

windyjools

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Can anyone suggest a cost effective way to increase the ride height on our Iveco 35s12? The rear springs are I suspect, tired so the suspension is pretty much bottomed out even with vrey little in the back of the van. I have looked at replacing the current single leaf spring with something from another model but don't want to make the ride harrder, just to lift the back of the van up by 5-7cm. Any suggestions gratefully received.
 
Airide inflatable suspension levellers may have model to fit Iveco.
Have the existing springs reset by a specialist, means taking the off and retempering etc.
Add another leaf but this will make ride a bit harder U bolts etc may need changing.
 
hi, the answer is get the springs fixed or replaced with the right ones. fitting anything else can only reduce the payload of your van. even fitting aireride steals vital payload unless you up grade to a higher plated weight. it may look higher but if you are put on a weigh bridge the ministery are onlycaring whats the plated weight. not does it look high or low. cheers alan.
ps. you could increase the height by using longer spring shackles . cheap but will not give a longer ride just a bit more height.
 
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windyjools only wants to raise the van rear, he doesn't say he wants to increase payload, the van sags even with little load.
New springs might be cheaper than retempering the old but you have to shop around.
Airrides won't increase payload, but could possibly work out cheapest method as usually nothing suspension wise has to be dismantled, and as a bonus the ride qualities can be adjusted to suit the load.
vwalan you may be interested to know that the Mayor of La Linea is threatening to put a toll on vehicle entry to Gib. wish I had larger diesel capacity to make it worthwhile driving in you'll be ok though.
 
still looking for another big tank .want a 300ltr merc plastic tank if you see one . can be a second tank as i can put the pickup in through the top if neccasary. bit like the 200 on the left hand side but bigger. never mind not so important if going maroc. never bought any fuel in portugal last year made it all the way through on my tanks . getting pricy in portugal now. cheers alan.
sorry to go off thread.
 
What about using spring assistors?

They should be cheaper than changing the whole thing. I am assuming you can still get them.

They are an additional spring that you add to the existing setup.
 
maingate said:
What about using spring assistors?

They should be cheaper than changing the whole thing. I am assuming you can still get them.

They are an additional spring that you add to the existing setup.
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Spring assistors are generally made for coil springs, Ivecos are leaf sprung semi elliptics. I could be wrong and often am.
 
Byronic said:
Spring assistors are generally made for coil springs, Ivecos are leaf sprung semi elliptics. I could be wrong and often am.
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I think you am again mate.:D

Seriously though, i have not heard mention of them for years but they were basically a section of leaf spring that were clamped on to the existing leaf spring. It just stiffened them up a bit. All the scrap men used to fit them.;)
 
maingate said:
I think you am again mate.:D

Seriously though, i have not heard mention of them for years but they were basically a section of leaf spring that were clamped on to the existing leaf spring. It just stiffened them up a bit. All the scrap men used to fit them.;)[/QUOTE

From your description I can recall them now,but ditto I haven't come across them in years. So thats useful info for the op then.
Actually on a previous post Isuggested an extra spring as an option.
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Years ago I bought a sad looking Landrover SIIA with next to no suspension travel, the hangers were touching the chassis rails. Turned out to be most of the suspension bushes and bolts being worn or the spring hangers/shackles had seized in the extended position. Depending on how old the vehicle is I'd have a quick look at the suspension bushes first, easy to check if they have seized by jacking up the vehicle on the chassis rails and see if the axle sags down with no weight on it.

The other issue is whether the coach builder did their homework with the build and its not already at or over the axle weight that it was designed for.
 
The up to 3.5 tonne van chassis derivations are just not man enough for the average 6 metre motor caravan. This usually leaves around 500kgs for payload which soon gets used up, resulting in a vehicle always at its maximum or near maximum loading (let alone overloading) it's no wonder springs and other suspension components suffer premature fatigue.
 
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