WHAT IS SULASTIC RUBBER SPRINGS?
Sulastic is a suspension system designed to improve a vehicle's ride quality and handling, particularly in pick-up trucks and heavy-duty vehicles. The key component of the Sulastic suspension system is the Sulastic shackle, which replaces the traditional leaf spring shackle found in many suspension systems.
The primary purpose of the Sulastic suspension system is to reduce the transmission of road vibrations and shocks to the vehicle chassis and cabin. This helps provide occupants with a smoother and more comfortable ride and reduces wear and tear on the vehicle’s components.
The Sulastic shackle typically consists of a central pivot point with elastomeric elements on either side. These elastomeric elements act as shock absorbers and allow for a certain degree of movement and flexibility in the suspension system, improving the vehicle's ability to absorb road imperfections and providing a more controlled and comfortable ride.
Sulastic suspensions are often used in pick-up, heavy-duty trucks, RVs, and other commercial vehicles where ride comfort is important. They help reduce driver fatigue and improve overall vehicle stability.
FEATURES & BENEFITS:
- Reduce Vibration and Shocks 60-80%
- Improve Stability 20-30%
- Reduce Braking Distance 10-20%
- Stops the Bed Bouncing
- Reduce the impact harshness over potholes & broken pavement
- The joints at the concrete roads produce picky noise, this noise is gone when you install the sulastic.
- Smooth out the ride by just replacing the OEM shackles.
- Load and towing Capacity Not Affected
- Improves Handling and Control of the Vehicle
- Quality ride improvement in rainy, cold & hot weather
- Requires no maintenance.
- Set includes 2 sulastic shackles per axle.
When you have a commercial vehicle we recommend using the sulastic shackle SAJ-03B since this suspension is adjustable Up to 10,000 pounds, so when you add a box or a flatbed to your Cab Chassis, and all the equipment you will be carrying everything the time according to the work you need (power generators, compressors, welding machines, cranes, etc.). Then it is time to calibrate the sulastic so that it begins to work from this load range to the designed load capacity of the vehicle. (Cab-chassis are normally used unloaded, semi-loaded or loaded).
With the SAJ-03B model, being 3 times larger, it controls the weight without problem and the difference in handling is notable. This suspension SAJ-03B helps stabilize the load on your truck, cushioning any type of asphalt, concrete, cement, sand, gravel, rock, and recycled metal roads. The duration of this product is the same as that of the vehicle. If you drive on roads where there is no concrete or asphalt available while driving you will have control of the vehicle, the leaf springs will stop breaking on the road and your shock absorbers will last longer, gasoline consumption will decrease because the vehicle's traction on the road is improved, the braking distance is reduced and the sulastic isolates up to 80% of the impact of the road to the chassis. (What you get as extra benefits are less loss of product for sale, measuring equipment in good condition, the chassis no longer breaking behind the cabin, better driver driving, and passengers with less fatigue).
HOW MANY SULASTIC SAJ-03B ARE INSTALLED ALREADY IN THE MARKET?
More than two thousand are on the roads. Our customers use our product to transport and sell milk, bread, cakes, poultry embryos, beer, seeds, furniture, copper saws, gas, engines, transmissions, cranes, machinery, lathe parts, building materials, transportation of personnel to factories, etc. The benefits they found were fewer broken products, less maintenance on body parts, fewer broken springs, more time in their units working, and less time in the shops for maintenance.
HOW TO CALIBRATE THE SULASTIC?
When installed the suspension is calibrated to this weight, the suspension comes with a red hub(picture D), when it falls off when using the tall nut to calibrate, you have calibrated the sulastic shackle to the desired job, and after this, you no longer need to redo it calibrate. You can see more information when you click on the SAJ-03B installation guide
- Picture D
NOTES: Before you buy or install the sulastic please check the space available in your vehicle:
* Please check the space available in your truck, you need 12” from the hanger bracket bolt to the bumper for the sulastic model SAJ-03B and 12" from the hanger bracket bolt to the top of the box or the flatbed.
If there is a fuel hose on the driver's side as shown in the picture, it is required to redirect the diesel or gas intake. In this case, you can buy the FUEL TANK KIT, FHK-02 Fuel Hose Kit, or FHK-01 Fuel Hose Kit
Notes: The sulastic model SAJ-03B is prepared to be installed with bolts of 5/8¨, but we include the bolts for 18mm if you need to exchange the bushing or the U-shape of the sulastic to 18mm.
If the suspension is not found in the compatibility table, you can go to the following link https://www.sulastic.com/FormMaker/Form/2 and fill out the information so we can share which model of sulastic can be used in your vehicle.
ENJOY THE SULASTIC AND HAVE A SMOOTHER RIDE.
