Timbren Suspension Enhancement System - Rear Axle
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1998 Dodge Durango
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8,600-lb Capacity. These hollow rubber springs sit above the rear axle to help stabilize and level your vehicle. Becomes more rigid as more weight is added for great performance when you're hauling a heavy load.
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Whether you're hauling heavy loads in your bed or cargo area or you're towing a trailer, you will often see the rear of your vehicle sag while the front end rises. In these cases, the rear axle is handling not only the weight of the cargo, but also more of the vehicle's weight. Because less weight is on the front axle, the front tires are making less contact with the road. Overall handling - traction, steering, and braking - is negatively affected. But the resistance from Timbren's Suspension Enhancement System works with your factory suspension to keep your vehicle level and improve your driving experience.
The Timbren system comes with custom-fit brackets that are bolted onto each frame rail above the rear axle. Hollow rubber springs are bolted to the bottom of the bracket and hang down to where the bottom of the spring sits, 1" above the axle. The inch of clearance allows the existing factory suspension to operate normally under light loads and standard terrain, ensuring the smooth, comfortable ride that you are used to.
Timbren Suspension Enhancement Systems are designed to work progressively. When the hollow rubber springs are compressed, the convoluted design causes them to quickly collapse along the folds. Once the folds are compacted, the stacked barrel shape increases resistance, stiffening the suspension and keeping your vehicle level.
Each hollow rubber spring works independently to support the driver's side or passenger's side of your vehicle. This is helpful when you swerve or make sharp turns. Each spring is activated when it is needed, so body roll is greatly reduced. The independent action also works well when you are hauling off-center loads.
Because the vehicle handles better with the springs, less turbulence will be passed along to the trailer, and this helps to keep the trailer in line. Your driving comfort is further enhanced if the trailer does begin to sway (from a gust of wind or a passing semi), because the movement from the trailer is not transferred to your vehicle. This also works to make the sway subside more quickly.
Another great feature of the rubber construction is that the springs absorb most of the road shock, creating a smoother, more stable ride overall when loaded. Wear and tear on the factory suspension is also lessened because the rubber springs work to prevent bottoming out on rough roads.
Timbren's Suspension Enhancement Systems are much easier to install than air springs - there are no air hoses to run, no compressors or gauges to hook up, and no manual adjustments to make. The rubber construction makes Timbren's springs more elastic than similar products constructed of microcellular urethane. And more elasticity allows for a more comfortable ride when loaded or towing because the rubber has more travel.
Videos are provided as a guide only. Refer to manufacturer installation instructions and specs for complete information.
Today. We are taking a look at the Timbren Rear Axle Suspension Enhancement Kit for your Ford Transit. Before we dive in, let's see if the suspension enhancement system is gonna be a great option for your Ford Transit. Suspension upgrade Why Adding weight, more weight, and even more weight causes rear sagging, your headlights will point up, you will get worse handling and steering, less control and less comfort. With suspension enhancement added, your ride stabilizes, it levels out your vehicle, better control and steering, headlights straighten out, reduces road shock and have a safer ride in comfort. Check out the footage that we took underneath of your Transit.
We put about 250 pounds on a cargo carrier, and as you can see, the factory bounce stops don't even hit the axle. So it does feel pretty violent in the cab. Once we have the new bounce stops installed, you notice there's a lot smaller gap between our axle and the bottom of the bounce stop. It definitely helped a lot on the test scores, so the whole entire back suspension engaged much quicker. And also the biggest improvement I saw was when we took these big wide turns and really sharp turns at a higher speed.
I didn't feel the body of the vehicle roll near as much. The bracket on top is gonna be made of steel and it has a powder coated finished, so it's not gonna really rust away over time and the bounce stop is gonna be made of rubber. But it is a hollow rubber, so it's not just gonna completely stop your axle. It's also gonna flex, even with those heavier loads you may have. If we do have a really heavy load on here and it does hit the axle, it's gonna be a lot more heavy duty than the factory bounce stop that we removed earlier.
This is not gonna increase our Transit's capacity when we're hauling, it's just going to handle those heavier loads a little bit better. So the leveling capacity of this is gonna be 8,600 pounds. It goes in the same exact spot as our factory bounce stop. All you need is a socket, maybe an extension or two, a ratchet to tighten it down. It's a very quick and easy process, so let's show you how.
First you wanna chock your front wheels. Then we want to jack up the back of our vehicle. The goal here is to get the suspension on the rear axle to sag, so we have a little bit more room to work with. And then find a solid part on your frame to put your Jack stand. Let's remove the factory hardware. All we gotta do is just pull this out like this and undo this bolt. Take a 13 millimeter socket to loosen and remove this bolt. Here's our factory hardware. So there's two different options we have with our new system. One, we can just have the metal plate here and the main bounce stop with a smaller bolt. That's a little bit bigger than the factory set up. Or we can go ahead and use this extra spacer that's included with the longer bolt to make it a little bit taller. The goal here is we want at least a half an inch to a inch and a half a gap between the bottom of this and our axle. Some usual measurements to see which one's gonna be best. This one has a height of seven and a quarter inches. And this one without the spacer has a height of six and a quarter inches. What we're doing is not using the spacers. So we're using the smaller bolt and then you want the rounded part like this to be facing up towards your frame. You definitely want to use a short socket and it's gonna be a 17 millimeter. That's just going to make sure it's not gonna fall down into the socket too much, cause we do need to catch some of these threads. Lift it up into place, line it on up and thread it down. And then we can go ahead and tighten this down all the way once it's in place. Quick little tip, one, use a shallow socket, two, if the bolt kind of falls in, even if it's just a half inch, you are gonna want to put something in there just to keep that bolt pushed up in the outside of the socket right here. So the threads are gonna be able to touch the threads on the frame. Now repeat on the other side, we can take our jack's out and we can lower our Transit down and remove the chocks. Doesn't take a whole lot of time to enhance the suspension on your Ford Transit. And that's pretty much it for a look at the Timbren Rear Axle Suspension Enhancement Kit..
Tried to order part first time, rotten customer service. Called back spoke to manager, much better service received part very quickly. Unfortunately part had bad bolts and or nuts, would not work together. Manager said if I had any problems I could call her number directly and she would take care of it. Have tried to reach her for three days no response. Called regular etrailer number and they want pictures sent to them and then it would have to be reviewed and I was informed I they were behind schedule, so only could guess how long it would take. Sending parts back and demanding refund. Have been doing business with etrailer for many years and this is the thanks I get for being a long time customer. Will not be shopping with etrailer ever again
This worked as advertised, install was quick and easy!
installed as instructions stated piece of cake to install
Easy to understand instructions, easy to install.
Fast delivery, easy installation, they work great. Recommend.
I had to shave the bottoms to fit but the suspension still is rough on uneven pavement
The items get shipped really quickly, and their prices are excellent. Great customer service too!
Perfect fit and works as advertised. The Timbren were very easy to install. Thanks for the advice etrailer!
I haven't installed these yet, but they were just what I was looking for to take the "squat" out of my truck while pulling my toy hauler.
These along with my WDH should level the truck just fine.
These are the hardest ride you could possibly get loaded or unloaded I would not recomend timbrens to anyone. Had to eat the cost and replace them with air bags. (Aweful product)
Was able to install easily with video.
great and fast service needed the parts right away for a road trip and you got it done
Happy with this purchase. Keeps the truck level and the ride smooth.
The supplied bolts are too short. Finding the right bolts added to time to do the install.
The jounce springs are 1/2 inch from axle. I'm sure the ride will be very harsh even when not loaded...
fit was good installed in under 1/2 hrs. So far the worked great
Easy installation. The truck sits well and feels better on the road
good customer service
They went right on and all the hardware came with them.
Easy install - took less than 30 minutes. The truck now sits level with the bed loaded.
Worked better than I excepted. I have a old pickup with really tired suspension and this product made it better than new.
Very satisfied! Easy to install and use on my Nissan Titan. I didn’t even need to remove the wheel to install it. Now my truck does not squat when pulling a trailer or carrying heavy load.
Have not installed product yet,Christmas present for a friend.Box came damaged from postal service,tore open,hopefully all parts are there.
I assume they help. I have no way of telling before and after
When I called they were very knowledgeable about the products and made sure I ordered what was going to work on my truck.
Carrieann was awesome in helping try to solve a very difficult problem. The product installed easily just as the direction stated and the video you put on the website was very useful. Thanks
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