Jumping off the Diesel Bandwagon - UPDATED
Well, after two Cummins diesels that I thoroughly enjoyed, I am going to place a factory order for a RAM 2500 with the 6.4L Hemi, 4.10 gears, rear air suspension, Laramie and plenty of added options. ...
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rjstractor wrote:45Ricochet wrote:
Funny they have a thread over on the Cummins site which can't figure out the Bilstein single shock issue. Man they are all over the board as to why. Running out crawling under dealer trucks to figure it out. Some even demanded refunds cause their truck didn't have one.
To me it looks pretty obvious- to help prevent axle wrapup and wheel hop. My old Mazda had the rear shocks angled opposite ways for the same reason, although with only 110 ft./lb of torque it was not a big problem. :)
A third link shock does not really prevent axle wrapup. A solid rod would but would be harsh and cause other problems. They use the 3rd link spring shock as a buffer to control harsh shock loads to the tire.
Like I said, it's a nice setup and as far as I know only seen on race cars up till now. It's good to see it's coming around to the street stuff.
