Which Bilstein shock is best for my RV?
I have a '94 28ft Minnie Winnie. I think it's more like 30ft bumper to bumper. I see Bilstein offers two shocks - the HD and the Comfort. They say the comfort is recommended for RV's under 30ft and...
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Someone correct me if I'm wrong here.
A shock absorber on an automobile does one thing and one thing only, keeps the car from bouncing.
So just how are shocks going to help with the jar of the crack joints /potholes in the road ? Shocks mainly control the bounce up and down once you hit the uneven pavement. They don't carry the burden of the weight , the leaf springs do. So wouldn't reworking the leaf springs help with the jar?
I've never been in nor used a truck with air bags installed on the back, But wouldn't a set of airbags help take some weight of the rear springs giving them more room to travel to lesson the harshness of the pothole / crack joint in the road , along with better shocks to help with the bounce after effect ?
It seems or at least every Ford chassis MH we test drove every single one slammed hard on any little dip and cracks/joints on the freeway.
I'm for thinking the rear leaf springs are pretty much maxed out to begin with then after time just get worse. Now add all the stuff we put in them ! Yeah we all know about CCC etc , but...
If I had a Ford chassis MH and money to try stuff ,I'd try a set of airbags on the rear and test different air pressures with getting some weight off the leaf springs and seeing how much that would help with the sudden jars of the potholes , crack/joints.
Yes,,, shocks will help with sway , jars ,Key word HELP (not cure) but their main purpose is to control the bounce up and down AFTER you hit the ?
A shock absorber on an automobile does one thing and one thing only, keeps the car from bouncing.
So just how are shocks going to help with the jar of the crack joints /potholes in the road ? Shocks mainly control the bounce up and down once you hit the uneven pavement. They don't carry the burden of the weight , the leaf springs do. So wouldn't reworking the leaf springs help with the jar?
I've never been in nor used a truck with air bags installed on the back, But wouldn't a set of airbags help take some weight of the rear springs giving them more room to travel to lesson the harshness of the pothole / crack joint in the road , along with better shocks to help with the bounce after effect ?
It seems or at least every Ford chassis MH we test drove every single one slammed hard on any little dip and cracks/joints on the freeway.
I'm for thinking the rear leaf springs are pretty much maxed out to begin with then after time just get worse. Now add all the stuff we put in them ! Yeah we all know about CCC etc , but...
If I had a Ford chassis MH and money to try stuff ,I'd try a set of airbags on the rear and test different air pressures with getting some weight off the leaf springs and seeing how much that would help with the sudden jars of the potholes , crack/joints.
Yes,,, shocks will help with sway , jars ,Key word HELP (not cure) but their main purpose is to control the bounce up and down AFTER you hit the ?
