Porpoising Bluebirds
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06-04-2008, 09:53
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Porpoising Bluebirds
David and Brad:
I have been following your posts on this subject and found your results very interesting. I worked in a huge truck chassis/spring shop in my youth. Of course in those days rauckers were macho and never complained about anything ! Hear that Greg?? One thing I did learn about pickup trucks was that good shocks ere very important. We sreviced trucks that went to the oil fields and front suspensions were always being repaired. he Monroe rep had special shocks built for these units. My own experience is as follows: factory shocks on just about any vehicle are usually cheap junk. In 2001 I had a new Chev Duramax duallie crew cab. We had a 11.5 Alepnlite slide in on the back. It handld horribly. I dropped the rear shocks and you could compress them with one hand. Extension could be done by a child. Naively I took it to the deAler thinking they were faulty. Shop foreman brough out a new shock. We pumped it a bunch and it was the same. Installed 4 Rancho 9000's and it became a new truck!! Last year I took off he Sachs shocks that were factory on our 02 Bounder with a Freightliner. The shocks looked small enough to be from a Nissan pickup. Installed new Koni FSD's and I could drive without white knuckle fever. My point of all this jibberish is: Have you considered installing different shocks? I dont know what BB uses on the LXI's but maybe they are not enough shock. I know that Henderson had some real brutes at Q. Of cousre they were pricey. Once a vehicle starts porpoising the dynamics just keep it going. Sems to me that som real shocks would solve the problem. I now that BB uses Konis on some units but the FSD's are fairly new to the market. Alternatively have you tried going to Henderson,s? I find them overpriced but they are experts. my 2 pesos worth Bruce 1988 FC35 |
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Porpoising Bluebirds - birdshill123 - 06-04-2008 09:53
Porpoising Bluebirds - brad barton - 06-04-2008, 09:56
Porpoising Bluebirds - brad barton - 06-04-2008, 11:05
Porpoising Bluebirds - David Brady - 06-04-2008, 11:52
Porpoising Bluebirds - birdshill123 - 06-04-2008, 12:56
Porpoising Bluebirds - timvasqz - 06-04-2008, 13:27
Porpoising Bluebirds - David Brady - 06-04-2008, 14:22
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