Drop a ton in the bed of any pickup and the rear is going to sag like the jowls of a bulldog while the ride turns into that of a boat succumbing to the roll of the sea. The amount of droop and body ...

Helper springs are engineered to enhance and support the OEM suspension. They are most commonly available in two variants: steel springs and pneumatic springs. Helper springs serve several functions, ...

Most vehicles you see on the road are either going to be rocking coil springs or good old-fashioned leaf springs. These suspension systems perform perfectly fine for most people in typical driving ...

Automotive engineers have been using hydraulic dampers on vehicles for close to a century. The basic idea is to move a constriction through an oil volume and use the viscosity of the oil to convert ...

Firestone Industrial Products has introduced Ride-Rite LS, new load adaptive shocks designed as an upgrade to its Ride-Rite air helper springs . A tri-tube mono-flow shock absorber, Ride-Rite LS was ...

First of all, thank you for the great magazine: Four Wheeler. I own a 1974 Dodge Power Wagon (W200) with a 360ci LA engine. This year Dodge switched to parabolic leaf springs, which I am happy with, ...

Although air-sprung shocks are almost universal on standard trail and enduro bikes, coil shocks are becoming increasingly popular among professional enduro riders, and that influence is filtering ...

RockShox’s Deluxe and Super Deluxe rear shocks have received a complete overhaul for 2023, with an all-new chassis, the RC2T damper with wide-ranging adjustment, two air springs, and a hydraulic ...