Mor/Ryde Suspension

[johnmckinley]

The ride on my F53 Daybreak is horrible. Both front and rear are way too stiff, resulting in unacceptable harshness. I suspect that it is because mine is a 15,700# GVW chassis and from the Ford Specs, it appears that everything up to 22,000# uses the same springs - no wonder the ride is harsh on the lighter models!
Has anyone actually installed the Mor/Ryde rubber suspension system, and if so did it help? I know all about the tire pressures and mine are as low as possible.

[johnmckinley]

The ride on my F53 Daybreak is horrible. Both front and rear are way too stiff, resulting in unacceptable harshness. I suspect that it is because mine is a 15,700# GVW chassis and from the Ford Specs, it appears that everything up to 22,000# uses the same springs - no wonder the ride is harsh on the lighter models!
Has anyone actually installed the Mor/Ryde rubber suspension system, and if so did it help? I know all about the tire pressures and mine are as low as possible.

[NeilV]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by johnmckinley:
The ride on my F53 Daybreak is horrible. Both front and rear are way too stiff, resulting in unacceptable harshness. I suspect that it is because mine is a 15,700# GVW chassis and from the Ford Specs, it appears that everything up to 22,000# uses the same springs - no wonder the ride is harsh on the lighter models!
Has anyone actually installed the Mor/Ryde rubber suspension system, and if so did it help? I know all about the tire pressures and mine are as low as possible. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

John,

The factory shocks on the F53 are also a bit harsh. Many have found that switching them out to Monroes or Konis helps quite a bit. My 35 footer at 20,000lbs +/- rides harshly also and the shocks are on my to do list.

[LVJ58]

John,

Neil V has given good advice, before you spend a ton of money on the Mor/Ryde suspension I would highly recommend you install Koni FSD shocks on your coach. They're a bit expensive $150ea, but the ride improvement is well worth the expense. I replaced my original shocks with Monroe's which helped quite a bit, but I then replaced the Monroe's with the Koni FSD's and the resulting ride was even far superior than what I experienced with the Monroe's.

Good Luck, Jim

[ISLAPP]

johnmckinley,
Welcome to irv2. You'll find good people here and good info.
If you had the 22,000lb. chassis, I would recommend the Koni shocks. They made a very big difference on my rig.
But on your rig, I am thinking that the springs are your enemies and dont think the shocks will be able to overcome that. I would agree, based on other comments I have seen over the years, that Mor-ryde is probably the direction you want to go. But before you do that, I would also do research on the air ride systems and see how that compares. I havent dont alot of research in that area so I dont have an opinion.
Mike

[Adventurer]

Makes sense that if your looking to dampen out more road "shock", then you'd start by changing "shock absorbers" which the chassis requires, air bags or not.

Then move on to shifting the load off the springs with air bags if the shocks don't absorb enough to give you the ride you want.

I put Monroe Gas Magnum RV shocks on my 35' Winnie and am very happy with the ride.