Thread: Twin shocks

i was fully loaded for a simpson desert crossing....no problems with the shocks

Possibly much easier going for Polyairs(in coil airbags) or similar.
Cheaper and adjustable.
Andrew

Originally Posted by long stroke

HI
looking at a couple of mounts to convert the rear of a 110 to twin shockies!
need to no if it is worth the trouble,will be doing a few trips carying hevy loads.
Any opinions welcome

CHEERS

TIM...

Simply put, shocks are designed to restrisct rebound of the spring, if you put extra heavy duty springs in, 2 shocks may be of assistance, but shocks are not designed to be load carriers, Regards Frank.

Why do you want twin shocks?
Having twin shocks is supposed to be benificial if travelling over heavily corrugated roads, the idea being they run cooler and fade resistant.
I dont think they will have any effect on load carrying, unless you're carrying huge loads that render the current shocks useless.

The advantage of having twin shocks when heavily loaded is that it has the capacity to better control the body movement as well as the axle movement. You get this with the bigger lumps and bumps. Duel shocks is not so much the ability to carry the load, which is the springs job, but shocks can help the springs by reducing the speed at which the spring works. A twin setp should also better withstand fade for twin shell shocks and will maintain bushes better than a revalved shock.

You wont do it coreectly, nobody doesits to dear

The whole idea is to valve one shock for compression and the other for rebound, this halves the workings of the shock and considerably drops the heat, which is what kills them...........twin mount, custom valved shocks=$$$$$$$$$$$$$

For a comp car that would probably be ideal, but I wouldn't do that for a tourer. I'd keep both shocks working in bump and rebound. If you run the with one for bump and the other for rebound on a tourer you'll end up chopping the bushes out... rather half the forces and double the duration and let the shock live.

Originally Posted by Slunnie

For a comp car that would probably be ideal, but I wouldn't do that for a tourer. I'd keep both shocks working in bump and rebound. If you run the with one for bump and the other for rebound on a tourer you'll end up chopping the bushes out... rather half the forces and double the duration and let the shock live.

Actually I'd do it the other way around, you wont chop bushes at all,, actually your less likely to, as the will only be stressed on the rebound OR compression stroke

Comp car don't matter that much, just hit it flat out