Frame Stiffing to reduce Porpoising?
Got a question for you seasoned drivers with older rigs. I have a 1999 F350 Dually Quad Cab Long Bed. I've been driving it for thousands of miles and for the most part, it's been fine. However, while ...
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mbloof wrote:
Interesting abet comical thread - frame flexing.
If one were to do some Youtube searches you'll likely find videos where trucks from "the big three" are all driven on/over grossly uneven terrain and the frame flexing/twisting (or NOT!) of each OEM was shown and documented.
Generally speaking some OEM's are worse than others and some years are better (and worse!) than others.
- Mark0.
Yes, frames will flex but big difference between a low speed off road once in a while vs repeated 2inch flex for hundreds/thousands of miles cruising down the freeway
Look up fatigue loading failures on google to get an understanding. In a fatigue failure, the item typically looks and operates perfectly fine...until it doesn't. Most of the damage is microscopic and internal to the metal until it finally gives way.
