f 350 bouncing on freeway
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f 350 bouncing on freeway
hey everybody, i have a crew cab long bed that bounces non stop on the freeway when there is nothing in the bed. any tips on softening this issue? id put air bags, but i think it will only get rougher. i understand its a truck, but it rides worst than my high school lowered mini truck. thanks
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It's a heavy duty truck so unfortunately it is going to bounce a little. What tire pressure are you running in the rear and are the tires D or E rated? One thing you can try is upgrading the shocks to something like Bilsteins. That's where I'd start, experiment with tire pressure and change the shocks.
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Mine did it too until i had the tires balanced. The wieghts they put on the inside of the rim can come off making it a bumpy situation, right around 42 and again at 71mph. Check to make sure you have all your wieghts or have them pulled and balanced, sometimes tires wear funny causing them to get out of balance.
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By all means, lower your tire pressure. I had mine (F250 FX4) in the dealer for some service and they rotated the tires and inflated them to the door sticker 75 PSI. It rode like a hard tail. I dropped them to 60 PSI, it was better, and then later dropped again to 45 PSI and it's pretty good. 'Course you'll have to air up before you load it up.
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Originally Posted by bpounds
By all means, lower your tire pressure. I had mine (F250 FX4) in the dealer for some service and they rotated the tires and inflated them to the door sticker 75 PSI. It rode like a hard tail. I dropped them to 60 PSI, it was better, and then later dropped again to 45 PSI and it's pretty good. 'Course you'll have to air up before you load it up.
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Originally Posted by rbaker6336
would think at 45 psi at highway speeds the tires would over heat and eventually come apart especially on front
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The only solution I found to this problem is to ride in the slow lanes with the semi trucks. Mine rides like hell too when Im in so cal going to LA. I think it has to do with the wheelbase of the longbed crewcab and the expansion joints on concrete freeways. I tried real fast, not so fast, and the speed limit, all to no avail. 