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Old Sep 16, 2009 | 04:58 PM
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I don't know wtf is up but hitting bumps in the road you shouldn't even notice feels like a head on collision in my pickup... Any little imperfection in the road jolts the whole truck and rattles the whole dash.. Really isn't comfortable at all,,, Its like the wheels are bolted straight to the frame.

Is my suspension dead (what can you really do with leaf springs?) or is this normal?
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Old Sep 16, 2009 | 05:27 PM
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well, sounds to me like your rear leafs are flat or severely saggy.
get a couple pics.
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Old Sep 16, 2009 | 05:35 PM
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is it in front and rear? I'd check your torsion bars up front to see if the bumpstops are against the a-arms. Maybe it's time for new shocks?
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Old Sep 16, 2009 | 06:02 PM
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It would help to know what your driving, sounds like the symptoms of cranked tbars
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Old Sep 16, 2009 | 07:33 PM
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new shocks maybe?
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Old Sep 16, 2009 | 07:38 PM
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new shocks maybe?
echo...echo...echo...



lol!
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Old Sep 16, 2009 | 07:41 PM
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ONE, ONe, One, one

TWO, TWo, Two, two

THREE, THRee, THree, three

WHAT FOR?

FOUR, FOUr, FOur, Four, four ball joints.

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Old Sep 16, 2009 | 07:43 PM
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Originally Posted by BigBluePile
... Maybe it's time for new shocks?
Originally Posted by abecedarian
new shocks maybe?
Originally Posted by abecedarian
ONE, ONe, One, one

TWO, TWo, Two, two

THREE, THRee, THree, three

WHAT FOR?
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Old Sep 16, 2009 | 07:45 PM
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Originally Posted by algranger
It would help to know what your driving, sounds like the symptoms of cranked tbars
Im willing to second this

drove for about 6 months with maxed out t-bars, and that's pretty much how mine rode, lol


how do your lower control arms look on level ground?

are they flat - - or are they angled down towards the outsides / \ <-- obviously an exageration
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Old Sep 16, 2009 | 07:49 PM
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technically, bleeder, you're x3...



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Old Sep 16, 2009 | 08:08 PM
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Originally Posted by BigBluePile
technically, bleeder, you're x3...



weeeelll, if you want to get tecnical about it...




I least I back up my plausible answer with a personal experience, and followed it with another question
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Old Sep 16, 2009 | 08:23 PM
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I'll see your plausible and personal, and raise you one potential and two extraordinaries, and 3 echoes.
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Old Sep 17, 2009 | 09:22 AM
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