IrishBrewer
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A friend of mine tows with a vehicle that has a self leveling suspension that uses nivomat shocks and he tows a large trailer so he installed a weight distribution system.
Typically, the weight distribution system is supposed to be set up based on getting the compression of the front and rear suspensions equalized by measuring from the top of the tire to the wheel well at each of the four tires. When this is achieved, you know you have selected the right link on the torsion bars. However, when he went to do this on his self leveling suspension, he could hook it up to 3 or four different links and the suspension would level itself out.
Is there an alternate method to be used to make sure you have the optimal distribution of weight front to back for vehicles with an auto leveling suspension? I've seen some recommendations for vehicles with air ride autoleveling where they say to temporarily disable the autoleveling to determine the proper setting but you cant disable the nivomat system.
Typically, the weight distribution system is supposed to be set up based on getting the compression of the front and rear suspensions equalized by measuring from the top of the tire to the wheel well at each of the four tires. When this is achieved, you know you have selected the right link on the torsion bars. However, when he went to do this on his self leveling suspension, he could hook it up to 3 or four different links and the suspension would level itself out.
Is there an alternate method to be used to make sure you have the optimal distribution of weight front to back for vehicles with an auto leveling suspension? I've seen some recommendations for vehicles with air ride autoleveling where they say to temporarily disable the autoleveling to determine the proper setting but you cant disable the nivomat system.
