Re: ruff ride

Posted by Owen_Dyneto On 2008/10/3 17:45:18

I strongly believe your problem is a main leaf with an inadequate load capacity and spring rate and as I and others have noted you could consider having the leaves rearched; this is kind of a primitive practice but will give results. But you might also consider a practice that Packard recommended for cars subject to extraordinary loads and that was to replace the second leaf with a 2nd leaf from an "export" spring so perhaps your spring shop could find a heavier second leaf. Certainly not the perfect answer but might get you close to where you want to be. I've no experience with just adding another leaf but suspect it will be very detrimental to the ride quality and still may not get you what you want.