Has anyone installed Timbren on a Sprinter?
Hello all - Our rig is a 2003 MB Cruiser class B. It's on the Sprinter 2500 chassis, and we run pretty heavy, but still under weights on each axle and for the whole vehicle. It seems we freque...
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jjrai -
In the pictures, it looks like the Timbren rubber globs are in contact with the axle. And when the wife and I are inside - they very well may be. There is actually about a quarter inch of space on the passenger side, and few-sheets-of-paper-width space on the driver's side. This may go away when the van is moving and we're both in it.
The factory bump stops did have a bit more space. You can see it in the first picture - that's the driver's side, and it looks like about a quarter inch.
The "always loaded" (or nearly so) state of the Timbrens may be responsible for the somewhat dampened response I'm feeling. I still like the feel of it, so I'll be keeping them.
As to the super-long bolts. I must have spent a good hour under that thing this weekend. I tried several things, and couldn't come up with a way to cut the bolts down that I was satisfied wouldn't cut something else. I tried hacksaws, bolt cutters, Dremmel, but they all either wouldn't fit, or made me way too nervous that I was going to cut something important.
In the end, what I did was to cut some lengths of rubber tubing, and slide this down over the exposed bolts. Now, instead of sharp bolt threads, anything that comes in contact will hit rubber. I checked the wheels at full-left, full-right, and center, and nothing seemed to make contact at any of those positions, so I guess it is OK.
But if I read this post before ordering my own, I would source some shorter bolts before heading off to have them installed. And don't get cheap bolts from Home Depot for that - get good ones.
In the pictures, it looks like the Timbren rubber globs are in contact with the axle. And when the wife and I are inside - they very well may be. There is actually about a quarter inch of space on the passenger side, and few-sheets-of-paper-width space on the driver's side. This may go away when the van is moving and we're both in it.
The factory bump stops did have a bit more space. You can see it in the first picture - that's the driver's side, and it looks like about a quarter inch.
The "always loaded" (or nearly so) state of the Timbrens may be responsible for the somewhat dampened response I'm feeling. I still like the feel of it, so I'll be keeping them.
As to the super-long bolts. I must have spent a good hour under that thing this weekend. I tried several things, and couldn't come up with a way to cut the bolts down that I was satisfied wouldn't cut something else. I tried hacksaws, bolt cutters, Dremmel, but they all either wouldn't fit, or made me way too nervous that I was going to cut something important.
In the end, what I did was to cut some lengths of rubber tubing, and slide this down over the exposed bolts. Now, instead of sharp bolt threads, anything that comes in contact will hit rubber. I checked the wheels at full-left, full-right, and center, and nothing seemed to make contact at any of those positions, so I guess it is OK.
But if I read this post before ordering my own, I would source some shorter bolts before heading off to have them installed. And don't get cheap bolts from Home Depot for that - get good ones.
