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Anyone softened up the suspension?

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Old 06-27-2006, 08:38 AM
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Anyone softened up the suspension?

Ive got a 2500 with rancho 9000x's that I installed a few months ago. The ride is still really bad however since ( I think ) the truck is oversprung so that it can haul more weight and remain stable.
I dont intend to haul anything more than a couple of motorcycles in my case, so I was wondering if anyone had re-sprung their truck or found any shocks that allowed independant compression and rebound adjustments so I can dial in a bit more rebound and get rid of the bounciness. It wanders over washboard bumps and its scary under heavy braking on poor roads.
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A lot of guys are using the KORE suspention system and seem to like it alot. You might do a search and look into it.
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Wow, mine floats like an old Caddy with the old-style 5-position Rancho 9000s set to 3 in front and 2 in back. I don't know why they wouldn't soften up the ride on a 2500 as well.

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I found that when I went that soft Istill had the problems, plus if I went into a high speed corner I got some scary pogo.. low rebound.
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Hmmm....obviously you're fighting a different problem than I was. When running empty, the stock rear shocks were too stiff in compression and the fronts were too soft (floaty) in rebound.

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