Hi everyone, this is my first post on the forum. I've had my 2003 for a few months and it hops going down the highway. Has anyone else had this problem. I've had all the wheels balanced and that didn't do anything. Is it time for new shocks?

 

How many miles? What sorta loads have you carried? My '03 QCSB has 87K on the original shocks, and no hopping. Stays well-planted as a matter of fact.

 

Sounds like the bed itself might be loose, have you checked underneath.

 

It's possible the original owner may have stiffened up the rear, possibly to accomodate heavy loads. You may very well find you have aftermarket leafs, or maybe add-a-leafs.
Put some good weight (a hundred fifty pounds should do) in the bed, right over the rear axle, take it for a ride. If this gets rid of the problem, then you are too stiff with no load in the truck.

 

it's got 60k on it and when I moved a washer, dryer, and sofa in it the truck smoothed out nicely. I was doing like 85 and no hopping, but unloaded it rides worse than my 79 chevrolet SWB 4x4. I have no idea about the previous history though. It even rides smooth with a full tank of gas

 

Sure sounds like someone beefed up the suspension to accomodate continuous heavy loads or something.....have you had a look at the springs to see if there's an add-a-leaf or anything obvious ?

 

Sounds like the suspension is the place to look. My '03 Quad Cab has four leaves. I'd guess your RC does, too. If it has more than four, I'd say it's for sure been enhanced.

 

Alot of regular cab short bed trucks have this problem especially unloaded...

 

Im going to agree with the other guys. Sounds like the suspension has been adjusted. Just get under there and look for anything that looks altered or different. If you have a digital camera take some good pics and some of us can crawl under ours and compare and see if we can narrow it down.

Welcome to the forum by the way....

 

Ok, problem solved. Put the washer, dryer & sofa back in the bed! [sm=joke.gif]