Shock absorbers
Hi Everyone... My 2010 Coachmen Freelander Dreamer has a very rough ride. Many highways have lots of pot holes and my rig feels like it is shaking apart as I drive over them. Instead of buying a n...
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carringb wrote:
New shocks will not make the ride smoother. They will control oscillations, but if that's not the problem, your efforts are probably best directed elsewhere.
Shocks can make the ride smoother if their damping stiffness is very soft so that the springs can flex more freely to absorb the pounding on rough road surfaces. However, soft shocks also mean that the vehicle's raw weight is not controlled very well under all driving conditions.
The answer is shocks that have varying stiffness, depending upon the immediate situation that the shocks sense. Koni has just such a shock and it's available for many brands of trucks - just not available yet for the Ford E450 chassis, which is under so many Class C motorhomes. Per my correspondence with Koni, it will be available for the Ford E450 in January of 2014.
Koni's variable shock is their FSD (Frequency Selective Damping) shock. Here's a link explaining the FSD shock, along with a video:
http://www.koni.com/btt/technology/fsd-for-busses/
