The factory upper overload springs have bothered me for a while. They are completely useless.
It takes 3+ inches of sag before they engage, which means when I load my NL 8-11 camper, they barely engage.
To fix this sumosprings, timbrens, airbags and other stuff was invented, but they still leave the overload spring as useless.
Torklift has stableloads & superspring has super swaystops SSS-3. This was a step in the right direction.
Make the overload springs do the work they were intended for.
But neither of these are really easily removable and both affect unloaded ride quality.
So my goal was to come up with something that was very easy to install/remove.
And uses the overload spring to carry weight and do some work.
I came up with many different ideas. Some too expensive, some to hard to fabricate, some to heavy/bulky.
Anyway, I finally came up with something I figured would work. So here are my blocks from my garage of WTF Designs.
Raw material I already had in my workshop.
Cut pieces - half way through building my upper blocks.
Ready for welding.
Welded and ready for paint.
Painted - Project complete.
And finally here's a pic of them on the truck.
To install, you just slip them over the end of the spring and tighten 2 nuts.
To remove, just loosen the nuts and slide off the spring. Total install time for all 4 is <10 minutes.
They are 2 inches high so they will engage a lot sooner than before.
Best part is I had all the materials on hand including nuts/bolts, so total cost for this was $0. Just some labor.
Final real test will be in a week or 2. I've got a camping weekend planned. I'll report back on how they work/feel.
It takes 3+ inches of sag before they engage, which means when I load my NL 8-11 camper, they barely engage.
To fix this sumosprings, timbrens, airbags and other stuff was invented, but they still leave the overload spring as useless.
Torklift has stableloads & superspring has super swaystops SSS-3. This was a step in the right direction.
Make the overload springs do the work they were intended for.
But neither of these are really easily removable and both affect unloaded ride quality.
So my goal was to come up with something that was very easy to install/remove.
And uses the overload spring to carry weight and do some work.
I came up with many different ideas. Some too expensive, some to hard to fabricate, some to heavy/bulky.
Anyway, I finally came up with something I figured would work. So here are my blocks from my garage of WTF Designs.
Raw material I already had in my workshop.
Cut pieces - half way through building my upper blocks.
Ready for welding.
Welded and ready for paint.
Painted - Project complete.
And finally here's a pic of them on the truck.
To install, you just slip them over the end of the spring and tighten 2 nuts.
To remove, just loosen the nuts and slide off the spring. Total install time for all 4 is <10 minutes.
They are 2 inches high so they will engage a lot sooner than before.
Best part is I had all the materials on hand including nuts/bolts, so total cost for this was $0. Just some labor.
Final real test will be in a week or 2. I've got a camping weekend planned. I'll report back on how they work/feel.
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