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Jadalexm

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Hey everyone. Brand new member. Sold my single cab duramax and got myself a better family vehicle that can haul my camper. It’s an 01 Yukon Denali XL. I’m loving it so far. There’s a lot I want to do it and a few issues I’ll ask about in a different thread. But for now I’m curious what I can do to turn this into a great tow rig. The 6.0 seems to handle towing my camper great, but the rear sags bad. I don’t think the air suspension is working.
 

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Tonyrodz

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Welcome. Maybe the bladders are blown on the rear shocks, or could be the compressor itself.
 

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Welcome from Miami Beach!

Nice Denali and nice Camper! Out of curiosity how many miles on your Denali!
 

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As one of other members would say, pull out those air ride shocks, and throw in some Nivomats!

I prefer the Z55 Air Ride myself.

Welcome to the Chaos that is the GMT800!
 
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Jadalexm

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As one of other members would say, pull out those air ride shocks, and throw in some Nivomats!

I prefer the Z55 Air Ride myself.

Welcome to the Chaos that is the GMT800!
I’ll look into the z55 setup. I’m gonna have to fix that before I go pick my camper back up from the dealer. It was an unhappy journey getting there. Terrible sag and the campers only 3500lbs. Haha.
 

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Welcome from another GMT800 Denali XL owner! Nice looking rig! Just did my first travel trailer experience last weekend! More than likely your shocks are blown. I myself really like the Z55 air ride suspension setup that the factory installed in these things. In my opinion it’s a perfect setup for towing. I replaced all my Z55 setup with the arnott industries replacement shocks. It works perfectly while towing, and I replaced my factory air compressor with the dorman unit and it works flawlessly. The Z55 setup, when it’s functioning correctly, will tow that 3500lb travel trailer with ease and stability!
 
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