The shimmy is so bad I have to stop the car to get the shimmy to stop. How should I fix this?
Ride Quality Tech Articles, Videos, and More
A surprisingly smooth resto-mod. A heavy-load bearing truck. Ride quality considers the demands you plan to place on your vehicle and translates them to well-manufactured springs.
Browse the articles, videos, and questions below to explore the wide world of how springs support your vehicle and everything you want to do with it.
Gasser Handling
Mike: I have a 1948 British Ford Anglia that was raced in the ’60 Gasser Wars. I have extremely large polyglass tires (33.5″ x 19.5″ mounted on Weld Draglite 15″ x 15″ Aluminum Wheels) on the rear, and as soon as I get the vehicle up to 35 mph, the vehicle likes to rock and […]
Diagnosing ‘Wiggle’ At High Speeds
Mike, First of all I want to thank you for letting me ask a question. I have a ’56 Belair with an LT-1, 700R Trans. This car did have a 454 in it when I got it. Anyway, since removing the 454 and installing the LT-1, I am having problems with the rear-end wiggling back […]
How Do Lowering Springs Affect Ride Quality?
Mike, I want to lower my ’54 Ford but still keep it riding good, can this be done? -Jerry Jerry, Whenever a vehicle is lowered, there is a reduction in the amount of suspension travel. Because of this, the spring rate (how much weight it takes to deflect a spring one inch) is increased. Suspension […]
Pickup Ride Quality
I have a ’52 pickup with mono-leaf springs. Is there any way I can make it ride softer?
Panhard Bar
Do you really need a panhard bar?
I Cut My Coil Springs, Now They’re Too Stiff. Any Way To Correct This?
Mike, I purchased a set of your 2 Inch lowered springs for a 1979 AMC Pacer frontend that is installed on my 1954 3100 Pickup. To give it a more lowered stance my mechanic cut the springs, which in my opinion is to low but that is not the problem. It just rides way too […]
F150 Over Loads
Mike, I recently purchased from Eaton Spring new heavy-duty rear leaf springs for my 2003 Ford F-150 4WD pickup truck. I currently run a pair of Monroe Gas shocks on the rear.can you recommend an Eaton product that will provide more stability with heavy loads in the bed and towing heavy trailers. Regards – Rick […]
Timbren
Mike, I recently purchased from Eaton Spring (about 8-12 mos. ago) new heavy-duty leaf springs for my 1989 Ford F-150 4WD pickup truck. I currently run a pair of Monroe Gas shocks on the rear. Can you recommend an Eaton product that will provide more stability with heavy loads in the bed and towing heavy […]
