RRSBighorn
Active Member
If you've read my thread "First Impressions after towing, trailer sway, tire load index and rating" you know I'm not thrilled about the stability with trailering my 27' travel trailer. As I pointed out, I've already ordered a Hellwig solid sway bar, and I'm looking at potentially replacing tires with better LT tires for sidewall stability. I wanted to throw couple if other things to consider and see if anyone has tried one of these and what their results may have been. As stated in my other post, I had to make several improvements to my first tow vehicle, a 1500 Chevy Express, to get it where it felt rock solid with no lateral movement in the suspension.
On of the things I did was replacing all of my rubber bushings in my leaf springs with polyurethane bushings, and that seemed to help.
Has anyone thought of or tried replacing the rear suspension trailing/control arms rubber bushings with Polyurethane bushings? I quickly checked PST and they don't appear to have anything for Rams yet. There are probably other company's out there.
Another thought I had was airbag spring assist. I know some people have the factory air suspension, and I know Hellwig offers airbag replacements for the coil springs. I thought I'd ask is anyone has used air assist bags like these:
https://www.sdtrucksprings.com/air-...w2YIwBleBmQ8t5_VfJ-6AMjIuQkbqULhoCG5kQAvD_BwE
These go in the middle of coil springs, I would think by using these, it may help stabilize the lateral movement of the coil.
I know I'm getting ahead of my self since I haven't got the other things mentioned fixed yet. But I like having a solid feeling with no lateral movement that causes sway, and to be able to confidently go over 60mph when I'm traveling on highways that typically have 70+ mph speed limits.
On of the things I did was replacing all of my rubber bushings in my leaf springs with polyurethane bushings, and that seemed to help.
Has anyone thought of or tried replacing the rear suspension trailing/control arms rubber bushings with Polyurethane bushings? I quickly checked PST and they don't appear to have anything for Rams yet. There are probably other company's out there.
Another thought I had was airbag spring assist. I know some people have the factory air suspension, and I know Hellwig offers airbag replacements for the coil springs. I thought I'd ask is anyone has used air assist bags like these:
https://www.sdtrucksprings.com/air-...w2YIwBleBmQ8t5_VfJ-6AMjIuQkbqULhoCG5kQAvD_BwE
These go in the middle of coil springs, I would think by using these, it may help stabilize the lateral movement of the coil.
I know I'm getting ahead of my self since I haven't got the other things mentioned fixed yet. But I like having a solid feeling with no lateral movement that causes sway, and to be able to confidently go over 60mph when I'm traveling on highways that typically have 70+ mph speed limits.