Improving rear sag
If the existing ride and handling is acceptable and I just want to raise the rear slightly to point the headlights where they should be, what would be the better system, Timbrens or Stabil Loads? I kn...
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Highbeam wrote:
I recently installed stabiloads from Torklift. It must be pointed out that there are two very different things made by torklift that are each named stabloads. I am not even sure how they spell that word but some idiot at torklift should have used their brains and named the two devices differently.
The ones I installed are the upper bump stop kind that engage the top overload leaf sooner. I haul huge loads of cargo in my truck and was regularly frame on axle without the stabloads.
I love them. They are a cheap and simple method to add stiffness to the suspension when under load. No leaks. No maintenance, pumps, etc. and I really didn't want to point load my frame with an air bag all in one place on the frame.
You never rely entirely on the air bags but, pump them up to where the springs can work in conjunction with the air bags. That is how you do it. Each works to help the other.
And what a difference it made on my truck. It even smiled at a Ford guy the other day.
