Hellwig Products / Rancho Shocks / Ken Imler Diesel Performance
A day’s drive north from Lee Power Steering in Sun Valley, we stopped at the Hellwig facilities in Visalia to have our Heavy-Duty Sway Bars and Hellwig Air Suspension bags checked.
Everything looked fine, but for long-term reliability, the sway bar bushings were changed and new Hellwig drop-arms with replaceable bushings were installed.
New Contitech bags were fitted and a small heat shield was added on the driver’s side to deflect the exhaust from our two Espar heaters.
Later at the Ken Imler Diesel Performance shop where much of our final preparation mechanical work is done, a full set of new Rancho RS9000XL Shocks was installed. Rears are set to #4 and the dual fronts are run at their lightest setting.
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The new Hellwig drop-arms for their Heavy-Duty Sway Bars have replaceable bushings for easier on-the-road maintenance.
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New Contitech bags were fitted and air lines to our Extreme Outback air compressor system were installed. We can now adjust the air pressure from the cab.
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The Hellwig Contitech Air Suspension allowed us to remove three leaves from our National Spring packs for a softer ride.
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Using dual Rancho RS9000XL Shocks on the front eliminates the overheating problem that a single shock might experience.
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