2017 Freightliner Columbia - Timbren Rear Suspension Enhancement System

15,000-lb Capacity. These hollow rubber springs sit above the rear axle to help stabilize and level your Freightliner Columbia. They also provide a more comfortable ride by absorbing road shock and improving roll stability. Easy to install and use.

Features:

• Improves suspension, handling and safety
• Provides additional support as needed so you always have a smooth, comfortable ride when towing or hauling gear
  • Allows the leaf spring ample movement while cushioning light loads
  • Becomes more rigid as more weight is added
    • Increases stability - providing great performance while hauling heavy loads
    • Reduces vehicle sag
• Works independently - side-to-side
  • Helps compensate for off-center loads
  • Reduces body roll when swerving and turning corners
• Acts as shock absorbers, taking the brunt of bumps and rough roads
  • Extends the life of your vehicle's suspension

Specs:

• Includes 2 hollow rubber springs, vehicle-specific brackets and hardware for a simple installation
  • Installs directly onto frame
  • Drilling required
• Capacity: 15,000 lbs
  • Do not exceed the vehicle's weight-carrying capacity
• Designed to work with a suspension system that is in good working order
• Limited lifetime warranty - satisfaction guarantee

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 Suspension Enhancement Compared to the Competition

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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