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Max air results
Posted: Mon Sep 06, 2010 8:14 pm
by PaulC
Well after jumping dunes around 70 Mile this weekend.....I cant believe this happened :shock: :lol: :lol:
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y253/s ... Shock2.jpg
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y253/s ... dShock.jpg
Ok no dunes and no air time for the Discovery......more like 7 years as the axle droop limiter is more likely and more mundane :roll:
Posted: Mon Sep 06, 2010 8:27 pm
by DaveB
Looks like an OME shock. They've just redesigned their product line. Supposed to be both heavier-duty made as well as better dampening.
Time for new shocks all round for me too...
Dave
OME Shock
Posted: Mon Sep 06, 2010 8:38 pm
by ANDYD
Hey Paul,
How high were you jumping! :shock:
I did a shock in earlier in the year on some large moguls in chilliwack
http://i439.photobucket.com/albums/qq11 ... nshock.jpg
Andy
Posted: Mon Sep 06, 2010 8:57 pm
by Dave_F
and just when I was thinking of buying some OME's for my truck....hmmmmm
Anybody ever run the TerraFirma's?
OME Shocks
Posted: Mon Sep 06, 2010 9:20 pm
by ANDYD
Dave, I wouldn't hesitate getting some more Old Man Emu shocks (in fact I replaced this one with more OME's).
The one in the picture has done thousands of heavy off-road miles and had a very hard life! The main reason it snapped was because It was the taking the load when the wheel was in fall drop....
I would guess many heavy off roaders in our club have OME's installed...
Andy
Re: OME Shocks
Posted: Mon Sep 06, 2010 9:23 pm
by Dave_F
ANDYD wrote:Dave, I wouldn't hesitate getting some more Old Man Emu shocks (in fact I replaced this one with more OME's).
The one in the picture has done thousands of heavy off-road miles and had a very hard life! The main reason it snapped was because It was the taking the load when the wheel was in fall drop....
I would guess many heavy off roaders in our club have OME's installed...
Andy
Yeah but I only weigh about 165 lbs soaking wet.... :lol:
Posted: Mon Sep 06, 2010 9:28 pm
by PaulC
yea it would be nice for this sorta thing not to happen, but no sway bar and slightly longer Discovery 2 springs these rear shocks have taken a beating in 7 years and actually the damping action is still pretty good. So I'll be buying a new set of OME's.
Posted: Mon Sep 06, 2010 9:48 pm
by Dave_F
Where do you get yours from?
Posted: Mon Sep 06, 2010 10:03 pm
by PaulC
Well I will be looking to our supports and local suppliers first.
OME
Posted: Tue Sep 07, 2010 2:23 pm
by chilliwack
Looking at Paul's picture, it looks like it was cracked most of the way through. There is just one little strip of bright metal in the middle of the shaft. It looks like it was cracked for a while based how rusty it looks in the photo's. There can't have been much left to hold it together when he went jumping
I'm running OME's and am very happy with them.
Cheers, Roger
Posted: Tue Sep 07, 2010 2:30 pm
by PaulC
Yup that is exactly right there was barely a knife edge of material hanging on.....oh and I wasn't jumping the Discovery, done that in other peoples Discovery's, LR2's and a Range Rover I think and it isn't that much fun. :shock:
