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8,600-lb Capacity. These hollow rubber springs sit above the rear axle to help stabilize and level your Winnebago Ekko Motorhome. 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..
Easy to install. You may need an impact wrench to break loose the u-bolts that have to be loosened.
Worked better than I excepted. I have a old pickup with really tired suspension and this product made it better than new.
I’ve ordered a lot of things from this company over the years and they are always very helpful and very prompt the timbren suspension blocks have always worked great for me I’ve bought many sets over the years very easy to install
Worked excellent for trailering.
Works great will never have air bags ag ain
Would be great to have better instructions and car specific.
So far so good works great, now let's see how long they last?
Fast delivery and easy installation
I actually found that airbags worked better for my truck and trailer. I ordered those from you as well. May I return the Timbrens for at least partial store credit?
I have not fully loaded my Odyssey yet BUT compare to original “pacifiers” which are made from kinda tough popcorn, those timbers are looking reliable.
Easy installation. Good quality.
Easy to install. Works as advertised. Etrailer rocks!
Installed this on my 2001 Explorer. Install is easy (assemble unit, bolt on in place of existing bump stop). Annoyed to find it doesn't fit. Specs are gap 1/2"-1-1/2"; there was a gap of 2-3/4". Yeah, they sell spacers for $27 each, but it's really annoying to buy a $225 product that says it fits your truck, only to find that you have to spend 50% more to actually adapt it to your truck!
Very easy to install. I got the product in two days. Love etrailer products. THANKS.
Very easy to install took about 30 minutes. If it manages the weight of my trailer I will be more impressed with your product.
Install was a breeze, can't wait to tow our camper with these babies on the Tundra
Fast shipping would definitely recommend
Quick delivery and exactly as described!
Very easy installation!
Very poor packaging. The box is coming apart and USPS reinforced it. Found out this product doesn,t work on a 2018 Winnebago Intent. It will cost me almost $[XX] to return it.
Shipping was fast, product looks to be well made.
Customer service was great. Fast delivery. Very easy to install. 35 minutes it was done.
Easy installation and perfect fit!
Perfect fit for my 2024 Toyota Tundra rear suspension. I tow a trailer every weekend and after installing this rear suspension suppport upgrade, no more squat or swag on truck bed
easy to install, Solved my trailer bouncing over bumps problem.
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