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Are leaf springs a wear item? I’ve noticed my truck sags rather badly with any sort of load in it. My buddy has a ‘96 Sierra that I can stand on the bumper and it hardly moves, while mine sags like yo mama just stood on the bumper. Is this just how our trucks are sprung? Or is it time for new springs?
Side note: what are yalls opinions on air shocks? Been bouncing that idea around to help smooth the ride out and help with the few times I load her down.
if your buddy has a 3/4-1 ton and you’re comparing to a 1/2 ton yeah it’s gonna seem weak and bouncy.
Springs do wear out especially if you carry weight in the truck.
Air shocks are ok. I guess they are “tunable” if you play with shock pressure. I would use nitrogen instead of air.
I would install a supplemental weight carrying spring that only comes into play when the truck is loaded. My Ford trucks have this overload short spring on top of the main spring pack separated by a spacer that eventually hits/rests on these frame tabs when it gets really loaded down. Not all Superduty trucks have that option. You can try to install something like that. Hit the junkyard and grab the tabs, overloads and the spring spacers