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Shock Valving?

Discussion in '3rd Gen. Tacomas (2016-2023)' started by GoldenTaco27, Jan 24, 2023.

  1. Jan 24, 2023 at 9:52 AM
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    GoldenTaco27

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    Does anyone know a good thread that discusses valving of shocks? I cant seem to find any but feel like people on here would be "experts" with good intel.
     
  2. Jan 24, 2023 at 11:24 AM
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    The reason I bring this up is because I am trying to dial in my front end of my 2.5 King Ext w/ adjusters. My neighbor showed me the art of revalving, but I assume one of TW guys knows much more than him even. This is what I documented along the way to keep track and am happy with it, but already wish I went stiffer on the compression valving. While doing this, I swapped springs to 650lbs to account for the armor/ AGM battery / steel bumper / etc and went from 1 1/8" preload on both sides to zero preload on passenger side and 1/4" on driver side. Going to go up another 1/4" I think, but will figure that out later. Below are tables showing what king valves their shocks at from factory versus what I did.

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    If our trucks only drove in a circle on a closed course then we’d see more of this but for the average Schmoe factory valving is usually more than good enough.

    Their valving is proprietary and based on recent customer service issues. I’d be surprised if they share anything.
     
  5. Jan 24, 2023 at 3:16 PM
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    Yeah I tried finding basic info from them and other smaller outfits to no avail.
     

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