I've had it in my head to invent a anti-backflow "T", but don't suppose there's a market for such a gadget.įor now this is my band-aid. I did run individual lines for a short time, but got tired of trying to equalize the pressures. As one shock is pushed down, the air transfers to the other one and raises it. The adjustable ride height is certainly appreciated when we take a couple out to dinner and the rear wants to drag on steep driveways (usually more so after gorging ourselves).Īs for ride, I will say I have never been pleased with the tandem air line design. But the pressure is low (~30psi?), so I don't stress about it. I am using them incorrectly since I keep the car raised about an inch higher that the springs do. I've had air shocks in for 17 years (a few sets over this time) without any real problems. Regardless if this is a "band-aid" or not, last time I checked they sold band-aid's because they worked just fine. While most of these guys are very educated and experienced at what they do and the advice they give, some are just bitter that we have ideal ride height in our rear ends, but spent much MUCH less to do it. It just made sense that I didn't need to get rid of the air shocks, when I am using them within the perameters guidelined by the usage instructions. Now, understandingly, I realize that I sure could have put a N/O/S set-up back in there and got the same, probably better, performance out of them I asked myself, why go spend the money on a setup that is extremely expensive(but worth it) when I can have an option in ride height whenever I choose. However, and this is not worth a forum war about, I discovered that they worked better then what I had before. While I was defending the use of the air shocks, I did originally buy them as a temporary "band-aid" fix to my rather saggy a$$. HawkrodĬlick to expand.This is pretty accurate. Moderate use and 1 or 2 inches of lift is not detrimental and will not harm anything or change the car from its intended design any more than adding stiffer springs and sway bars or such would. there are cases of air shocks cracking floors but I really think that is a result of relying on the air shock to lift the vehicle too much. The air bag can be inflated or deflated as needed and will not affect any other part of the supension beyond removing load from the existing spring. many new GM's actually use air shocks as part of the ride height adjustment (I just bought new ones for my wifes Montana, ask me how I know! LOL). The amount of air in the chamber determines how it affects the ride. This chamber is litterally an air bag like they are using on cars today except for the fact that part of the "bag" is the metal chamber. The second part of an air shock is a seprate chamber that does not aply load to the shock itself. It does the same job and depending on the rating of the shock may be stiffer or softer than what you already have. The air shock is a shock just like the one on the car already. Next, Air shocks are actually two devices in one and I think that is where most people loose the theory. The floor is definitely the weak point though as it was not designed for the added load. i am not sure hwat you meant but the shocks are made specifically to do just what you said they were not made to do. First, Dave, The bolts are specifically designed to take the weight. I just wanted to pipe in here because of some incorrect information being given out.
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