Jan-18-2018 04:48 AM
Jan-21-2018 03:33 AM
burningman wrote:
Wow, did you guys read the ad hype about that thing in the link?
It’s entertaining, I don’t know if I’ve ever heard such miracle claims!
Jan-21-2018 02:12 AM
Jan-20-2018 07:43 AM
Jan-18-2018 04:51 PM
Jan-18-2018 10:43 AM
Groover wrote:SidecarFlip wrote:
Installing any coil over shock and expecting it to assume an overload condition is asking for trouble. Shock mounts, in general, are not beefy enough to carry weight. Shock mounts are built to carry a shock and absorb the shock stress, not carry a load all the time.
It's a cheap out way to increase load capacity while stressing something that isn't designed or built to carry a sustained load.
Sustained loads don't hurt anything. It is load variations over about 50% of yield strength that cause metal fatigue. The combination of shock absorber action and weight carrying may well increase the likelyhood of this happening. My personal experience with load carrying shocks is that I ran some on my 1970 Impala for about 170,000 miles with no ill effects but they were only carrying a couple of hundred pounds. That was enough to make a big difference on a sedan with a soft suspension. After market shocks that are much stiffer than the factory ones may well do more damage than steady lift from springs.
Jan-18-2018 07:50 AM
goducks10 wrote:
Was it this?
https://activesuspension.com/
Jan-18-2018 06:55 AM
Jan-18-2018 06:37 AM
SidecarFlip wrote:
Installing any coil over shock and expecting it to assume an overload condition is asking for trouble. Shock mounts, in general, are not beefy enough to carry weight. Shock mounts are built to carry a shock and absorb the shock stress, not carry a load all the time.
It's a cheap out way to increase load capacity while stressing something that isn't designed or built to carry a sustained load.
Jan-18-2018 05:21 AM
ACZL wrote:
Had a Chevy 3500HD SRW pass me locally yesterday and saw something kinda odd on it's susp. Attached to the rear spring shackle and axle itself was a some kind of coil over shock (at least that what it looked like to me) and was mounted on top of factory spring. Is it some kind of sway or overload device? Didn't see anything attached to the axle forward.
Jan-18-2018 05:15 AM