suspension 101...

[FF1381]

Ok stupid question... .

I have a 3/4 ton HO 6 speed and due to some icy conditions down here i have 800lbs of sack-crete in the back for a little better traction... i am still about 2 in above the over loads, but everytime i hit a bump in the road it sounds like i am bottoming out back there...

is it just the overloads hitting or do i have a suspension problem?

i know with the new front end replacement i need springs for the front, but am i going to have to do something about the rear ones as well?

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2001 3/4 ton driftwood 24 valve HO 6 speed; straight piped, silencer ring out
BodyGuard front end replacement.
Jason

 

[DavidD]

FF1381, It is just the overloads! I notived the same thing with anywhere above about 500#, the overloads hit the stops on a bump. It takes quite a bit of weight to really set it so they dont hit. just my expeirence, Dave


98. 5 24V,5sp,Quad cab,SWB, BD-EX,BD-Brake,BD power mod. gauges,rancho9's on ultra alloys,315's,bushwacker flairs.

 

[FF1381]

Thanks Dave, as long as i know that i am not the only one... . as I have mentioned several times i am a mechanical moron so any little bit helps

have a happy new year guys

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2001 3/4 ton driftwood 24 valve HO 6 speed; straight piped, silencer ring out
BodyGuard front end replacement.
Jason

 

[BV]

There is a thread in here somewhere about adding some rubber pluming parts to the stops so they didn't slap as hard but I can't find it. Sometimes I hear mine even unloaded.

 

[FF1381]

yeah i have heard it unloaded but i just hoped that the suspension wasn't falling out... that would be just my luck #ad


but i am glad to hear that it is normal



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2001 3/4 ton driftwood 24 valve HO 6 speed; straight piped, silencer ring out
BodyGuard front end replacement.
Jason