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7,000-lb Capacity hollow rubber springs sit above the rear axle to help stabilize and level your vehicle. Provides a comfortable ride by absorbing road shock and improving stability. Ideal for trucks with slide-in campers or an in-bed salt spreader.
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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.
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Hello everybody, this is Jeff at etrailer.com. Today we're gonna take a look at this Timbren severe service rear Suspension Enhancement System. Now this is a custom fit part. It is designed to fit the 2004 to 2008 Ford F-150 trucks and the 2004 to 2008 Lincoln and Mark LT vehicles. Now in a custom fit part like this, I do like to recommend for you to go to our website, use the fit guide, put in your year model vehicle, and it'll show if this a work through application. Now this kit here will improve the suspension, the handling, and the safety of your vehicle.
This is a severe service kit and these are recommended when you're using a top heavy load, like a slide in camper, a salt spreader on your vehicle. Any application that requires maximum stability, meaning reducing the roll and sway calls for a severe service upgrade. Now, most rubber springs used on the trucks are double convoluted, providing a perfect blend of capacity and ride quality. But the rubber springs used on the severe surface are a single convoluted Aeon spring. The single convoluted springs are shorter and wider.
You can see if I move these two pieces, here's your spring itself. They are shorter and wider. They're designed to resist weight more aggressively, and the result is reduced ride quality exchange for more stability. They do work independently side to side. They'll help compensate for any off center loads, and they do reduce body roll when you're swerving and turning corners.
They will act as shock absorbers taking the brunt of any bumps and rough roads, which will help extend the life of your vehicle suspension. Now this part will include everything laid out here on the table. It'll include the two Aeon rubber springs, the two spacers, and then the vehicle specific brackets and the hardware for a simple installation. Comes with a nice set of instructions that'll describe how this installs and goes together, and it installs directly onto the frame and replaces the bump stop. No drilling is required.
A few specs on this kit. The capacity is 7,000 pounds. Now, even though you're increasing the spring rate by adding this upgrade, this does not increase the gross vehicle weight rating of your vehicle. So you still wanna make sure not to exceed the manufacturer's recommended weight limit. And this kit is designed to work with a suspension system that is in good working order. But that should do it for the review on this Timbren severe service rear Suspension Enhancement System.
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