Aeon Rubber

[engineer]

Yeah no problem. I only recieved one email today and responded to the email address provided.

Email sent, thanks Defenderbeam,I did try to PM you first, but it wouldn't work. Bloody Apple Macs......

[Peter_n_Margaret]

My OKA had 330,000km on the clock when I boought it.
I fitted coils around the rubber aelerons at the rear to give a bit more support.


That was 150,000km ago.
Both the (original) aelerons and the coils are still fine.

Cheers,
Peter

[Jeep]

I'll grab you a part number and try to locate a set at a warehouse near you on Monday. You will get them cheaper and faster that way.
Cheers,
Mark.

[kerry]

The set at the link Defenderbeam posted shows it fits years 2003-2009. Does anyone know if that same set will fit a 1999 or is a different set required.

[DontPanic42]

Kerry,
They have units that cover 1987-2002

http://timbren.com/timbren-applicati...mitsubishi.htm

If the dealer in Odessa can't come up with some, I'll probably order from here:

http://www.sdtrucksprings.com/index....7_279_453_3938

[Jeep]

Engineer, did you get set up with some Timbrens or a substitute?

[kerry]

I bought a front and rear set of the timbrens.

They installed in about 1-hour total.

The rear ones could be centered a little better over the axle, but they seem fine.

They do minimize alot of the extreme harshness away. Even just pulling in and out of the driveway is smoother.

The amount of travel between the axle and the stock rigid rubber bump stop is a joke. It will basically bottom out on ANYTHING.

Now at least when it bottoms out; it hits an absorbable rubber.

below is a link from where I got them on-line.

http://www.sdtrucksprings.com/index....7_279_453_3938

Could you elaborate some more on how you think they improve the ride? I drove my newly purchased FG from NC to CO empty with too much air in the tires. The ride was intolerable. But with the camper on and tires pressures correct, the ride is much improved, roughly similar to my 96 Suzuki Sidekick's ride. Do you think adding the Timbrens would improve the ride in my situation and if so, how and why? I'm trying to decide whether it would be worth the money for me to add them.

[kerry]

Is the hardness on small bumps a result of the truck hitting the bumper stops or from a light truck not compressing the springs very far? I didn't look at mine when it was relatively light and it never occurred to me that it would be hitting the bumper stops.

[Amesz00]

Is the hardness on small bumps a result of the truck hitting the bumper stops or from a light truck not compressing the springs very far? I didn't look at mine when it was relatively light and it never occurred to me that it would be hitting the bumper stops.

That really depends on the weight of the vehicle. When its a cab-chassis, the harshness is from stiff load-carrying suspension with no load. When the vehicle is loaded up (or even lightly loaded- my truck weighs 4tonne, about 8500lb), the harshness on big bumps is from the lack of travel and damping, so the springs (primarily the fronts) punch straight through to the stops. Then the big bounce back up comes from a lack of rebound damping (in the shocks), when the truck bounces off the rubber stops.
So replacing the bump-stops with these timbren things should bring the suspension to a more gradual stop, when it does bottom out. I think this would be further helped with better shock-absorbers, primarily stiffer rebound damping.

[kerry]

Thanks. I will probably give them a try. If things go as planned I'll be driving mine over 5k miles in about 6 weeks this summer so a better ride would be beneficial, even though I'd say there is a night and day difference between it's ride unloaded and it's current ride.