How much do bags help with sway?
New to this forum, and looking for some help. I purchased a 10.0 Camp Lite TC for my 07 3500 Cummins. The truck is lifted 6" so I am dealing with some sag and sway going down the road, and this is ...
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....I think that your question Isn't answerable without testing equipment set up on your specific rig, with a specific air bag (air spring) ?
In my mind, if you use air springs, then you have a more complicated situation, because you now effectively have 2 air springs (ie. your rear/front tires are essentially air springs, and add this tire behavior to the air spring behaviour associated with each rear wheel = 2 air springs per rear wheel).
I did a bit of reading on air springs ("finite element analysis of an air spring for automobile suspension"). There are several ways to look at the air spring: using FEA, and experiential. If experiential approach s used, then it is almost impossible to "measure" empirically "how much sway"; using FEA, you could run various scenarios (on the isolated bags, then isolated tire response, then both, under a set of conditions, etc)...
Any engineers out there who may elaborate more than my limited understanding?
In my mind, if you use air springs, then you have a more complicated situation, because you now effectively have 2 air springs (ie. your rear/front tires are essentially air springs, and add this tire behavior to the air spring behaviour associated with each rear wheel = 2 air springs per rear wheel).
I did a bit of reading on air springs ("finite element analysis of an air spring for automobile suspension"). There are several ways to look at the air spring: using FEA, and experiential. If experiential approach s used, then it is almost impossible to "measure" empirically "how much sway"; using FEA, you could run various scenarios (on the isolated bags, then isolated tire response, then both, under a set of conditions, etc)...
Any engineers out there who may elaborate more than my limited understanding?
