Want to upgrade shocks on a Suburban 2500
Took our first trip with the new TV - 2008 Suburban 2500. Roughly 2000-mile round trip down to Gulf Shores. Several times, the surface of the road caused some excessive suspension travel, especially...
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I have the same truck, bought new. The OEM shock are underdamped new, let along with however many miles yours has now. Bilstiens are on my upgrade list, as are KYB Monomax. I wish Rancho made the RS9000X for these.
I highly recommend using a WDH. The receiver is only rated for 600 pounds of TW, which I'm certain you are exceeding given TT axles have 5500 pounds. 600 pounds of TW would be <10% TW. The other reason to use one is for the loss of weight on the front axle. Hard to say what that is unless you take 3 passes.
Thanks for the report!
I highly recommend using a WDH. The receiver is only rated for 600 pounds of TW, which I'm certain you are exceeding given TT axles have 5500 pounds. 600 pounds of TW would be <10% TW. The other reason to use one is for the loss of weight on the front axle. Hard to say what that is unless you take 3 passes.
Thanks for the report!
