I installed a pair of rear RS9000s on my truck and I am a bit worried about those adjustment ***** protection.Specially on dirt roads and during winter.


Anobody did something to protect theirs?


Thanks
Jo

 

When I installed mine, I put the adjustment **** in between the plates of the lower mount, facing the axle. It makes it a little harder to access, but does provide some level of protection. My truck is 2003, so I don't know if they have changed the mounts on newer trucks.

 

Mine have been facing out for awhile now. The only thing I did was take the ***** off and put grease in the hole to prevent rust.

 

Another thing to consider, we do add a coat to protect the shocks but I would hit them again with an additional clear coat. I hear that the Canadians like to salt their roads a lot in the winter.

This

Ant this.

 

ditto on the grease behind the plates that hold the *****.


as good as they are painted or powder coated, the bodies will start to rust after the first year.


make sure the boots are on and tie wrapped correctly

 

spray it with fluid film as well.


Matter of fact spray fluid film all over the place on the underside, it will help with the rust factor.

 

I spray mine with PB Blaster, and turn the adjustment **** back and forth, every time I change the oil (5,000 miles). Mine still work and they have been on like 3 or 4 years.

 

I forgot about the Fluid Film option. Good call.

 

Didn't do anything different. Just mounted them according to the instructions. I've had mine for a couple of years now and haven't had a problem. Granted I live in Southern California but I put about 20k a year on it between daily driving, camping and off-roading (rocks, sand, dirt). Since I've had them I've dented the bed, bent the bumper and ripped off a nerf bar off-roading and the ***** still turn as easy as the day I put them on and have not had any concerns or issues.

So glad I changed my mind at the last minute and went with the Ranchos instead of Bilsteins!

 

I have the camper package which is pretty stiff. I am not going to be able to do any heavy towing for awhile and would like to soften the ride some. Would the Rancho's help out with reducing the stiffness, or is the springs the cause of the ride harshness?

 

I'm not sure the spring rating on the newer Super Duties but the camper package I would imagine would be stiff unloaded. That being said, my old leaf spring dinosaur is not a soft ride but there is a noticeable ride difference between the soft (1) setting and hard (9) setting.

 

That's my thinking as well. I'm hoping to replace the tires and shocks and maybe soften the ride some. We like to explore off road and the current set up is just to stiff, causing the rear end to bounce so much you feel like your on the verge of being out of control even at very slow speeds.

 

weigh your truck,
find out the MINIMUM pressure you need to support the weight from your tires load inflation charts
and that will help...


for MY truck and tire example:
PSI . Max weight
--- . -------
35 . 2,080
40 . 2,280
45 . 2,475
50 . 2,680
55 . 2,850
60 . 3,030
65 . 3,195
70 . 3,375
75 . 3,540
80 . 3,750

so,
with about
50 PSI front = 2680 x 2 = 5360 lbs for front axle
and
65 PSI rear = 3195 x 2 = 6390 lbs for rear axle

5260+6390 = 11650 lbs for the 4 tire ratings

That might be enough for your TOWING weight, much less empty weight if you don't overload your pickup.
That's enough for my 11,500 GVWR.
And if you have more than 11,500 pounds on the 4 tires of an F-350 SRW, you're overloaded.

Now I normally run about 60 psi front and 70 psi rear so my tpms doesn't yell at me, but your truck has different specs, so go weigh it http://catscale.com/cat-scale-locator


80 psi rear is insane on an empty PSD.