Lovells Products

Lovells Shock Absorbers

Lovells offer two types of heavy duty Gas Legend 4x4 shock absorbers designed for Australia’s toughest conditions.

Gas Legend Twin-Tube Gas Charged:

36mm bore and huge 60mm expanded body design provides up to twice the oil capacity of Original Equipment shock absorbers to maximise fade resistance, run cooler and allow faster reaction time to road changes. Teflon banded steel pistons and Nylon mechanical top out stops.

Piston retainer nuts mechanically peened to stop failure at high temperature.

Multi stage valving system to allow a progressive dampening effect from slow to fast piston velocity thus automatically adjusting to all conditions. Shafts are manufactured from tough 18mm hardened chrome, precision engineered to withstand the harshest of environments, while reducing friction and wear.

Piston rod seals are high quality, high temperature multi-lip design to again reduce friction and provide longer life. Robust 2mm thick external tube walls and 2mm thick internal walls.

Gas charged with low pressure nitrogen gas to maximise fade resistance under extreme conditions without harshness while providing more responsive control. All eyes and pin mounts are fully welded for extra strength and long life.

Majority of the range are long travel design to allow fitment with all Lovells spring part numbers and ensures maximum wheel contact at all times. All Lovells Gas Legend Shock Absorbers are covered by a 3 year / 70,000km warranty.

Installation Tips
Check your shock absorber selection to ensure you have the correct part number to suit your springs and application. Ensure the shock absorber has the correct amount of travel on both extension and compression strokes. This is very important, as if you fit shock absorbers to a vehicle that has sagged springs/torsion bars or springs with a higher free height/camber (ie. Over 2.5 inches or 65mm) shock absorbers may bottom out (on compression) or top out (on extension) which may cause premature failure of the shock absorber and will void Lovells warranty. On Lovells Gas Legend Shock Absorbers that are fitted with Lovells Urethane bushes (most part numbers), it is important that the mounting pin (where the urethane has contact) has been cleaned thoroughly and is in good condition. Apply a small amount of grease to the pin and the inside of the bush to allow movement. Do not tighten shock absorber mounts until the vehicle has been lowered and settled to normal ride height (‘normalising’). Failure to do so, may cause bush to lock into a over torsional position, adding pressure to the mounts and stressing the bush.