I didn't like the sagging rear end of my truck, so I decided to even things out the cheapest way I could think of: cranking the front torsion bars and actually lowering the front end until it was even with the rear. :D

Now, the truck looks great, but I've noticed that it feels like it's got no give at all in the suspension. I mean, when I hit even small parking lot speed bumps, it's like BAM and the CD player skips and everything. Am I harming the truck? Should I crank the front back up again? Is there anything I can crank up in the back? Any other (hopefully cheap)(cheaper) solutions for the age-old problem of the sagging rear?

On a indipendent front suspension ther are bumpstops for compresion and droop. By cranking up the tortion bars you hit one bumpstop excessively and if you lower the tenion on the bars you will hit the other bumpstops excessively (what is happening to you).

The best solution is to return the torsion to their original height (or tension) and put an add-a-leaf in ther rear to bring the rear up to keep the front ride quality. Or to keep the rear from getting stiffer add a Zero rate leaf or a block to bring it up.

MB

Hey Aubl14, thanks for the response. Thanks for the advice on the torsion bars. I'll put'em back where they were before (if I can figure out where that was). As for the rear, I have coil springs, so somebody was telling me to get coil spring spacers. Is there any disadvantage/advantage to doing those, vs getting newer longer springs (aside from the price difference)?