Starting to become a rough ride

Have you recently changed tyres, for example have you put Light Truck tyres on.

Tyre pressures?

wato35
What is the component which wears out and causes multiple rebounds or the suspension and you feel all rebounds as a rough annoying ride instead of a supple absorption of the suspension action.
YES, you are correct it is the shock absorbers.
Most Japanese shock absorbers don't work real well after 50,000km so it may well be them. Many Japanese based utes are involved in accidents which can directly be attributed to the slack shocks, but no one seems to check or care.

I am not surprised at all that the suspension place didn't find anything visibly wrong with them, most don't leak or visibly deteriorate, they just don't work. I am a bit surprised they didn't try and sell you a new set though, as that is normal practice for a place starting with no bull and others.
If you get two blokes to bounce the vehicle up and down as violently as they can then let it settle, it should immediately stop the movement within 1 bounce, max 1 1/2.
If not they are US and RS too.

Ross M

Regardless of what that suspension joint said I would be trying a new set if shockies. Never heard of springs becoming stiffer as they age unless they collapse completely.

Maybe the seats need re-springing. Not having a go at your weight wato (;-))

Cheers
Pop

It depends on what you mean by rough Wato, and what it is that you notice too much. Is it harsh feedback that concerns you or does it wallow too much for example? Have you been carrying consistently heavy weights around (in the back, not in the passenger seats lol) which might have caused some level of spring sagging?


In my (limited) experience worn out or broken dampeners (shocks) don't give you a harsher ride but you get more bounce and wallow (a whole lot if the front mounts break as happened on one occasion to me). If it's harshness that you don't like ('the ride') or is boneshaking when you hit a bump for example that is generally the result of springs (and tyres) rather than shocks. Softer or better rated springs might help the ride but might also reduce your load carrying and handling.

If the ride doesn't improve with new tyres (it definitely should) only then start to look at suspension.

Hi, Not sure of you have leaf springs , but when I was a ARB dealer /fitter we found that the spring packs dry out and cause a stiffer ride , if they are not sagged out, a dismantle and re grease does wonders to the ride on the older leaf spring models
Cheers Des.

I have the same car and now use Pirelli Scorpion ATR's although I am running 265 17" rims an the comofort of the car has improved dramatically. It's still a rough ride compared to a passenger car, like all Hilux's they ride better with some weight onboard.