2011 Ram 2500 suspension question
Picked up my new fifth wheel yesterday and service guys couldn’t get it level. There are 3 plates under the leaf springs on the truck’s rear suspension they said they’d never seen before and are preve...
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I removed them on my 2017 and it dropped it down enough to allow me to level my trailer. I have a Reese Elite Airbourne Sidewinder that have an air bag in the pin box. This causes the pin box to mounted lower than what it normally would be. I have my hitch in the lowest position and I still have 9" of clearance now.
When we did it we just placed the 3 blocks on top of the existing spring pack that allowed me to reuse the stock U bolts. It lowered the rear of the truck by about 2".
It does appear that the upper bolt on the caliper is going to be hard to get out. It might need to have U bolts loosened and then raise the rear of the truck.
I'm not going to worry about that right now as my truck only has 1400 miles on it so they should last for years before I need to change them. I'm retired so I have to make a point of driving the truck once in awhile to exercise it some. We normally drive one of our other cars. The trucks main use is for pulling the 5er. So maybe check your rear pads and if close to needing changed then do it now before moving blocks.
I use my exhaust brake all the time also even when empty and using the down shift button on the gear selector I manually downshift myself to avoid using the brakes. It becomes a game for me to see if I can slow down enough with just a tap on the brakes for a final stop.
This is what worked for me and might not work for others.
When we did it we just placed the 3 blocks on top of the existing spring pack that allowed me to reuse the stock U bolts. It lowered the rear of the truck by about 2".
It does appear that the upper bolt on the caliper is going to be hard to get out. It might need to have U bolts loosened and then raise the rear of the truck.
I'm not going to worry about that right now as my truck only has 1400 miles on it so they should last for years before I need to change them. I'm retired so I have to make a point of driving the truck once in awhile to exercise it some. We normally drive one of our other cars. The trucks main use is for pulling the 5er. So maybe check your rear pads and if close to needing changed then do it now before moving blocks.
I use my exhaust brake all the time also even when empty and using the down shift button on the gear selector I manually downshift myself to avoid using the brakes. It becomes a game for me to see if I can slow down enough with just a tap on the brakes for a final stop.
This is what worked for me and might not work for others.
