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Old Mar 12, 2013 | 06:15 PM
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Shock Question

I know lots of you say these stock Rancho's suck, but I'm wondering if it's just the ride that improves? I have some clunking under the truck when I go over "sharp" bumps that normally I would say is something loose or maybe a bad ball joint...except I have it in the rear as well.

Is that a symptom of these stock ranchos? I don't mind the stiff ride, it's the noise that's bothering me.

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Mines at the dealer right now for the same complaint. In my "pre-vist inspection" found the front sway bar link joints loose and would "clunk" by grabbing the sway bar and moving up and down. Will see what they do, I also have the junk FX4 shocks, but I could not fault them yet. Mileage is about 19k.
 
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Old Mar 12, 2013 | 10:08 PM
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It could be the shock bottoming out if a seal is out. Mine did that on really hard bumps.
 
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Originally Posted by Chad149
Mines at the dealer right now for the same complaint. In my "pre-vist inspection" found the front sway bar link joints loose and would "clunk" by grabbing the sway bar and moving up and down. Will see what they do, I also have the junk FX4 shocks, but I could not fault them yet. Mileage is about 19k.
Identical problem here and I took off the OEM shocks immediately so I do not believe it's the shocks. What you describe is what I have even though my brilliant dealer couldn't hear the clunk in the shop because, well, they didn't bother to drive it to hear it but that's another tale....
 
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