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02-20-2012, 11:28 PM

Big05redford

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What is this?

This is located under the bed, on the drivers side of my 05 Scab short bed. It is between the bumper and leaf spring mount. there is only one of them, its not on the other side either.

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02-21-2012, 12:41 AM

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I think it's a vibration damper

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02-21-2012, 06:37 AM

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02-21-2012, 06:41 AM

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Yep. A large paper weight. I had to remove mine when I installed a tow hitch. It did not do anthing to the ride quality, so I'm not sure how much "dampning" it really does.

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02-21-2012, 01:39 PM

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ok thanks!

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02-21-2012, 06:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Bucko

Yep. A large paper weight. I had to remove mine when I installed a tow hitch. It did not do anthing to the ride quality, so I'm not sure how much "dampning" it really does.

These are for vibration dampening. Ford loves these things...they've put them on trucks for a while now.