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What is the standard rear suspension on a Ram 1500?

What is the standard rear suspension on a Ram 1500?

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Every Ram 1500 has an impressive ride thanks to a rear suspension that uses standard coil springs or optional air springs, unlike the traditional leaf-spring setup found on domestic rivals. Models equipped with the air suspension even have adjustable ride heights that aid fuel efficiency and off-road ability.

What best describes the Ram 1500 standard rear suspension?

Suspension design for the smoothest ride The Ram 1500 boasts an optional Active-Level Four-Corner Air Suspension system. Each 1500 comes equipped with a unique coil-spring and multi-link rear suspension. This allows for increased control, maneuverability, and you guessed it, the smoothest ride.

What kind of suspension does a Ram 1500 have?

Ram calls this link-coil suspension, but its other names include five-link rear suspension and four-link rear suspension. Those mean the same thing, with the difference coming down to a friendly disagreement on the status of the panhard bar, which both of them have.

What kind of shocks does a Dodge 1500 use?

Fits 4WD DANA 60 Models Only. Requires Extended Shocks. 4WD 1500 2500 and 3500 Models Use KU01002. Coil Spring Spacers (Extended Shocks Required) Includes Front and Rear Scorpion Performance Shock Absorbers (Pair)

Is the 2020 Dodge Ram a leaf spring?

That’s what I continually ask myself each time yet another all-new full-size pickup comes out with leaf spring rear suspension. Meanwhile, this 2020 Ram 1500 pickup represents a dozen years since coil spring rear suspension debuted when its prior generation was still being called a Dodge Ram 1500.

How much Spring movement does a Ram 1500 have?

Every inch of suspension travel will result in 0.75 inch of spring and shock movement. The stabilizer bar link looks like it lines right up with that, but you’ve got to follow the mounting bolt down from the flexible joint hidden inside that rubber bellows.

Ram calls this link-coil suspension, but its other names include five-link rear suspension and four-link rear suspension. Those mean the same thing, with the difference coming down to a friendly disagreement on the status of the panhard bar, which both of them have.

Fits 4WD DANA 60 Models Only. Requires Extended Shocks. 4WD 1500 2500 and 3500 Models Use KU01002. Coil Spring Spacers (Extended Shocks Required) Includes Front and Rear Scorpion Performance Shock Absorbers (Pair)

Every inch of suspension travel will result in 0.75 inch of spring and shock movement. The stabilizer bar link looks like it lines right up with that, but you’ve got to follow the mounting bolt down from the flexible joint hidden inside that rubber bellows.

That’s what I continually ask myself each time yet another all-new full-size pickup comes out with leaf spring rear suspension. Meanwhile, this 2020 Ram 1500 pickup represents a dozen years since coil spring rear suspension debuted when its prior generation was still being called a Dodge Ram 1500.

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Ruth Doyle