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Originally Posted by dom42
I’ll keep it even more simple. Take the fuse out for the kdss. It will stay stiff as hell all the way through. Feels the same as anything over 12mph. It stays stiff and the “accumulators” stay closed and you can’t even compress that kdss shocks even under 12mph or 4 lo. Trust me I actually put a hydraulic jack under the hanging kdss shock ( no sway bar connector ) and was able to lift the whole vehicle up. That’s with the vehicle running. Turn if off and it will compress the kdss shock and vehicle lowers.
Pull the plug either outside at the kdss pump. Or pull it from inside where the kdss brain is at which interrupts the power to the valves , The accumulators stay open and the piston in the shocks can now move.
You should try it. It’s not only about high speed washboard per say. I mean 13mph is not fast at all and you can def feel how much less the cab rocks. You definitely have a better understanding of all the diagrams and what’s what. But it’s like an electrical engineer never actually stepping into a building to see the insides and what not. Can you explain to me how when I tested pulling the fuse out , that it stayed stiff all the way no matter what speed and I can’t compress the shocks I’m the kdss but as soon as I turn off the truck you can.
Also about suspension /Shocks. Especially high end shocks. Yes they depend on speed. Yes on size of bump too. But speed approaching those bumps can determine how the oil flows through the piston / shims / bleed holes. So what I’m saying is shocks are velocity sensitive. And then throw a bypass shock in there and now you can be position sensitive.
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Of note, there is no 'pump' unless you're treating the pistons as pumps.
Simple (2-way, 2 position) solenoid valves come in two flavors, normally open and normally closed (there are exceptions such as latching).
It sounds like pulling the fuse tells the electrical brain box to default the system to command the valves closed. This is probably for 'safety' to ensure body roll/stability is maintained under a simple electrical (fuse) failure case.
Pulling the plug at the solenoid/accumulator box disconnects the solenoids from the brains and they default to their normally open state.
Driving at a 6" square curb at 10 mph might be harsher than hitting that same bump at 60 mph depending upon where you are at in the natural frequency of the system (sometimes it's easier to drive faster and things smooth out than drive slower and things go bumpity bumpity).
It would be great if someone could take their phone (with a good mount), and run some tests over the same courses (whoops, washboards, etc.) to quantify harshness (vibration/shock mostly) along with body roll etch with the system on and off for comparison.
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