How to make a smoother ride
Thanks for bringing some reality into this thread NJTman.
Before it was mostly about feelings and concepts, with little actual information to go off of. With people guessing what might be the cause of the "issue".
Like - I want it to ride soft and feel comfy, but still be strong and resilient. Sounds like what the girls on FB now a days are looking for in a "real man"
Posts about having no idea of the current set up, just the desire to randomly change things to be "better".
Before it was mostly about feelings and concepts, with little actual information to go off of. With people guessing what might be the cause of the "issue".
Like - I want it to ride soft and feel comfy, but still be strong and resilient. Sounds like what the girls on FB now a days are looking for in a "real man"
Posts about having no idea of the current set up, just the desire to randomly change things to be "better".
There’s some pictures I hooked it up to are bailer today and it was sitting completely flat on the overload springs so I’m assuming that maybe part of the issue the pictures above are with no load on the truck
Okay. So we now have some good info to work with.
You have no camper springs at all, so the earlier comments from u2slow, nonrev and myself about the optional camper springs and their spacing can be ignored.
The set up looks very stock. It looks like it has the 3 inch rear blocks rather than the 6 inch blocks I see on all 4x4 '92/'93s, and some of the '91s which can have a mix of parts as it is an interchange year.
You have no camper springs at all, so the earlier comments from u2slow, nonrev and myself about the optional camper springs and their spacing can be ignored.
The set up looks very stock. It looks like it has the 3 inch rear blocks rather than the 6 inch blocks I see on all 4x4 '92/'93s, and some of the '91s which can have a mix of parts as it is an interchange year.
Interesting looking bracket hanging down where the factory would have the spare tire tucked away.
The bracket looks like it may have some shocks or something else mounted to it. Any other pictures of that as I do not believe I have never seen a set up like that before.
Maybe some sort of fancy tow hitch set up???
The bracket looks like it may have some shocks or something else mounted to it. Any other pictures of that as I do not believe I have never seen a set up like that before.
Maybe some sort of fancy tow hitch set up???
That is what the overloads on the bottom of the OEM spring pack are designed for.
To NOT touch when you are riding empty, unless going over a big bump, but to contact and add support when loaded heavy.
It’s a DMI bumper it’s got two big springs attached to the draw bar hitch so it gives it some flexibility to move around when you have a heavy load it was designed to pull hay wagons and anhydrous wagons which are heavy so the hitch gives some so when you take off or stop it doesn’t slam against your truck to hard
First pic shows the teflon style pucks that helps the springs slide easier and it worked pretty good on my application (snowplow truck with weight in bed) the second photo shows the rear of the front spring, if your springs have gone flat the spring will be touching or almost touching the frame, if that is the case a lot of people have used longer shackles to keep it from hitting frame and the bonus is it give you more caster which is a good thing on these trucks.
Good point Vern,
If the front leaf spring is getting tired the shackle in the rear tends to hit the frame, limiting axle movement and making the ride extra harsh.
I have installed a 1/2 inch longer shackle on several trucks. One of them being the truck I call Poncho which I recommended the OP to check out my thread on my ‘91.0 on the 3rd post of this thread. I tweaked the suspension on that truck for a better ride in great detail. It would be a great read for someone who wants to improve their W-250's ride yet still have a capable truck to use when they need to,
If the front leaf spring is getting tired the shackle in the rear tends to hit the frame, limiting axle movement and making the ride extra harsh.
I have installed a 1/2 inch longer shackle on several trucks. One of them being the truck I call Poncho which I recommended the OP to check out my thread on my ‘91.0 on the 3rd post of this thread. I tweaked the suspension on that truck for a better ride in great detail. It would be a great read for someone who wants to improve their W-250's ride yet still have a capable truck to use when they need to,
My thread on Poncho is at the top of the 1st gen forum now as I just posted about parking it for the winter.
That should make it easy to find if the OP wants to do some research of making a smoother riding truck.
That should make it easy to find if the OP wants to do some research of making a smoother riding truck.
I see some pictures of the custom rear leaf spring brackets and the shackle flip I used on post #147.
You may have to read along a bit in that time frame to get most of the suspension tweak info..
I start tweaking the front springs on post #33..
You may have to read along a bit in that time frame to get most of the suspension tweak info..
I start tweaking the front springs on post #33..








