Chuck hit the nail on the head! I also must agree regarding the Edelbrock
IAS Shocks (been running them for about two months). Check out the archives
and pick something else!
Kurt Swanson
Minneapolis, MN
97 Dak Sport CC 4X4 318 auto, 355's, K&N Gen II, Mesa headers, Y-pipe and
Hi-flo cat, MSD Digital 6, MSD SS Coil, and waiting on the TB!
-----Original Message-----
From: Chuck and Loreen [mailto:clrobbins@home.com]
Sent: Tuesday, February 29, 2000 1:04 AM
To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net
Subject: DML: Re: Wheel Hop (Ron)
Ron,
From what you described, you ran over what we up north call washboard
bumps. It's something we have to get use to between the frost and poor
road maintanence. I don't mind a few washboard bumps once in a while ...
it takes the hum drum out of driving :)
It sounds like your Dak did what it (and every other truck) was supposed
to. Being that the back of a truck is so light, the shocks can't fully
compensate
for the series of bumps (at least that's how I look at it).
There are some things that you can do to minimize the effects of
washboard bumps. You can add weight to the back of your Dak via a
tonneau, a cap or some of your friends :) There are a lot of good shocks
which would help alleviate the problem. Search through the archives for
Jan - June 2K. there was recently a lot of good discussion on shocks. I
personally use Eldelbrock IAS, but I think they are over priced for their
performance.
Wheel hop is something that happens to the rear tires under
acceleration.
The leaf springs twist (wrap) with the sudden increase in torque thereby
causing the rear wheels to "bounce".
Chuck Robbins
'99 Sport v6 5spd 2wd RC
http://www.members.home.com/clrobbins
> I have a 2000 Dak with 1600 miles on it. While driving last weekend I hit
a
> rough patch in the road kind of like a mini washboard type patch. When I
> hit this the truck drifted all by itself to the right despite the fact
that
> I was steering straight ahead. I believe this is what is described as
wheel
> hop; I was a little surprised by this. I have the tire and handling group
> and frankly I expected better handling than this. Is this the type of
thing
> that can be corrected by installing better shocks or what does it take to
> remedy this condition?
>
> Ron S.
>
>
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