This might be a stupid question but here it goes anyway. I have a 2007 f150 Harley Davidson with a 3" 5" drop on it. 3" BellTech springs in the front and 4" McGaughy's leafs with 1" Hanger in the rear and shock extenders, all on the stock shocks. Well the problem is that this thing bounces all over the place. Goin down the freeway and it some small bumps here and there she shutters and bounces like noones business. Its even affecting my SnugLid power lift tonneau. Have had to get it readjusted 2 times in the last month cause the power rod won't wanna open. Please help me out fellas. I'm hoping that just replacing the shocks will do it but wanna make sure and what ones would you guys recommend for my type of drop. Thanks in advance for any assistance you can provide me with.

 

stock shocks are usually good for +-2" if you go more then that you need new shocks.

I would run the adjustable bilstiens up front, and get some bilstien drop shocks for the rears if you can find them.

I have factory lightning bilstiens on my truck and love them

 

Thanks for the info Patman. I hope this will remedy my problem. Didn't bother me to much at first but know it is just annoying.

 

rear might also be bottoming out, did you change out the bump stops? any pics of your suspension set up?

 

No pictures yet. But the bump stops are changed out to the shorter ones already. Believe it or not there is a fair amount of room left just real jittery.

 

Did the truck drop down as far as expected in the rear?

Sounds like you are completely bottoming the shock tube out, and there isnt any more room to compress them

 

no and yes. It started as a 2x4 drop but wasn't enough for me so the fron springs were changed to 3" and the hanger was dropped one more notch to give me the 5". I think that the shockes are basically compressed all the way also just wanted some reassurance before I go and spend the cash. I was thinking about removing the rear shocks and taking it down the street to see how it rides. Do you think that it would damage anything?? And if it rides better then go and replace them all with new lowered ones.

 

it really would be more dangerous at high speeds without shocks, then with bottomed out stock ones. If you did a slow quick cruise around the neighborhood, be careful

 

Most deffinatly, just enough to see for sure if that is what it is (which I believe it is). Thanks again for your help patman, I really appreciate it.

 

Tires also play a huge part in ride quality. What tire/wheel combo and air pressure are you running. My shop inflated my 22's to 50psi and they rode like crap. I dropped the air pressure to 40 psi and they rode much, much smoother.

 

you know what that is a good question. I'll have to check, if I remember correctly they were set at about 50 psi but just had them rotated and didn't check to see what the shop set them at. I'll definatly check that first thing in the morning. Thanks.

 

Bad alignment can also cause lots of problems on the road.

In my experience, not enough caster can cause the truck to over-react to bumps on the freeway and be 'jittery'. If you recently had it aligned, maybe they have the caster set to the minimum acceptable level. Try increasing the caster to the max. allowable if you want the truck to feel stable at freeway speeds.

 

I've had her aligned after each drop and she handles great and tracks down the road true, but if i hit a good enough bump it will bounce the *** end around pretty good.