Bad insulators are not going to account for a 1.5" difference in ride height between corners like I measured on my truck. Plus I did not replace springs either, so only thing changed was the dampers. Like I said in my above post, a bad damper will not ALWAYS cause uneven ride height but it CAN, and it DID in my case. Im not going to go googleing to find you any documentation on this because I know it from first hand experience that it did change and level out the ride height on my truck. And as previously stated, you want to prove me wrong go snag two dampers off your S197 and take a pic of how she sits.
Ok, let me make this clear.
1-we are sepaking of the s197 mustang not the ford explorer. You honeslty are trying to compare apples and oranges here.
2- If you truck was sagging that bad then the veichicle was neglected after the damper became damaged, and there was an overload of rebound weight putting stress on your leaf springs making it sag (this is a known problem with ford explorers specially drivers side with 100+ pounds on a full tan plus driver if driver). I guarantee you that when I posted this it was intended for the mustang s197. I highly doubt that any s197 responsible owner is going to keep driving their s197 to the point that a damper becomes so bad and deteriorated to the point that it just rattles and other components start to give or take the impact that should have been dampen by the damper(shock absorber).
3- I get the vibe that you think I'm confrontational, and I'm in no way so. and i can also guarantee you that if I pull both rear shocks there ride height will not be affected (though the rear will be like a bouncin ball)