Rough ride with Timbrens and Rancho 9000xls
So I thought it would be a good idea to put Timbrens on my truck. The Lance 1055 camper is tall and a bit top heavy. It didn't ride bad or sway badly, but I thought that this would help for stabili...
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mkirsch wrote:
Yup, Timbrens are one step above shoving a chunk of well casing between the axle and frame to hold the truck up.
They're little more than bump stops, so if you're wondering why your truck is riding like it's down on the bump stops, now you know!
Having had 'real world' experience with tembrens on two different trucks (SRW & DRW) with two different campers over a 11yr period, tembrens are similar to bump stops but the centers are hollow to allow for some give. My initial set rode rough indeed but it turned out to be the wrong tembrens for my truck, once corrected, the tembrens worked fine, no effect when unloaded, when loaded, helped reduce side sway (no dreaded sympathetic side sway requiring other fixes) and carried the TC well with never any maintenance issues.... I would recommend tembrens to others as an effective low cost suspension fix (assuming proper installation)... I would not recommend hypothetical pump casings - lol!!...Full disclosure is that adding more leaf springs ($800) proved to be the cats meow and less abrupt over poor roadways than tembrens...
