View Poll Results: Did you know that Tenneco makes Ford Shocks and owns Rancho?
Yes, everyone knows that!
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No, new info to me! Explains alot though
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40.00%
I didn't know, but doesn't suprise me
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30.00%
Yes I knew! (When really I didn't, but don't want to admit it)
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Did you know???
Did you know that a company called Tenneco Inc, located in Monroe, MI is the manufacture of the OEM FoMoCo / Motorcraft shocks that are OEM in Ford trucks?
Did you ALSO know that Tenneco is the parent company of Rancho Suspension and this is why the Rancho shocks that are included with Ford trucks are actually produced by the same company that makes the shocks for Ford Motor Company? This is why part numbers and other information may appear the same.
I was under the impression that Rancho and the FoMoCo shocks were produced by different companies.
Oh, they also make Monroe Shocks also. And they make Marzocchi shocks (for bikes).
Maybe you knew this though.
Did you ALSO know that Tenneco is the parent company of Rancho Suspension and this is why the Rancho shocks that are included with Ford trucks are actually produced by the same company that makes the shocks for Ford Motor Company? This is why part numbers and other information may appear the same.
I was under the impression that Rancho and the FoMoCo shocks were produced by different companies.
Oh, they also make Monroe Shocks also. And they make Marzocchi shocks (for bikes).
Maybe you knew this though.
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From Overview | Tenneco Inc.
Tenneco has a balanced customer base, serving original equipment manufacturers on a global basis, including:
General Motors
Ford Motor Co.
Volkswagen
Daimler
Toyota
PSA Peugeot Citroen
BMW AG
Chrysler
Harley-Davidson SAIC
Nissan
Honda
Suzuki
Mazda
Renault
Caterpillar
International Truck
Tata Motors
In the aftermarket, we serve more than 500 distributors and retailers, including such familiar names as:
NAPA
TEMOT Autoteile
ADI
Advance Auto Parts O'Reilly Automotive
Kwik-Fit Europe
Uni-Select
Pep Boys
We sell our ride performance products primarily under the well-known Monroe® brand, as well as Clevite® Elastomers, Fric RotTM, Axios® and Rancho®.
On the clean air side of the business, we market our products globally under highly recognized brands like Walker®, Fonos and Dynomax®.
So, what's your point?
Tenneco has a balanced customer base, serving original equipment manufacturers on a global basis, including:
General Motors
Ford Motor Co.
Volkswagen
Daimler
Toyota
PSA Peugeot Citroen
BMW AG
Chrysler
Harley-Davidson SAIC
Nissan
Honda
Suzuki
Mazda
Renault
Caterpillar
International Truck
Tata Motors
In the aftermarket, we serve more than 500 distributors and retailers, including such familiar names as:
NAPA
TEMOT Autoteile
ADI
Advance Auto Parts O'Reilly Automotive
Kwik-Fit Europe
Uni-Select
Pep Boys
We sell our ride performance products primarily under the well-known Monroe® brand, as well as Clevite® Elastomers, Fric RotTM, Axios® and Rancho®.
On the clean air side of the business, we market our products globally under highly recognized brands like Walker®, Fonos and Dynomax®.
So, what's your point?
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From Overview | Tenneco Inc.
Tenneco has a balanced customer base, serving original equipment manufacturers on a global basis, including:
General Motors
Ford Motor Co.
Volkswagen
Daimler
Toyota
PSA Peugeot Citroen
BMW AG
Chrysler
Harley-Davidson SAIC
Nissan
Honda
Suzuki
Mazda
Renault
Caterpillar
International Truck
Tata Motors
In the aftermarket, we serve more than 500 distributors and retailers, including such familiar names as:
NAPA
TEMOT Autoteile
ADI
Advance Auto Parts O'Reilly Automotive
Kwik-Fit Europe
Uni-Select
Pep Boys
We sell our ride performance products primarily under the well-known Monroe® brand, as well as Clevite® Elastomers, Fric RotTM, Axios® and Rancho®.
On the clean air side of the business, we market our products globally under highly recognized brands like Walker®, Fonos and Dynomax®.
So, what's your point?
Tenneco has a balanced customer base, serving original equipment manufacturers on a global basis, including:
General Motors
Ford Motor Co.
Volkswagen
Daimler
Toyota
PSA Peugeot Citroen
BMW AG
Chrysler
Harley-Davidson SAIC
Nissan
Honda
Suzuki
Mazda
Renault
Caterpillar
International Truck
Tata Motors
In the aftermarket, we serve more than 500 distributors and retailers, including such familiar names as:
NAPA
TEMOT Autoteile
ADI
Advance Auto Parts O'Reilly Automotive
Kwik-Fit Europe
Uni-Select
Pep Boys
We sell our ride performance products primarily under the well-known Monroe® brand, as well as Clevite® Elastomers, Fric RotTM, Axios® and Rancho®.
On the clean air side of the business, we market our products globally under highly recognized brands like Walker®, Fonos and Dynomax®.
So, what's your point?
The OEM Ranchos are shot after around 1000mile on a BRAND NEW TRUCK. It's obvious that there is some development and manufacturing tie between Rancho and Ford and Motorcraft, because if they were separate companies, Rancho wouldn't product such crappy OEM shocks.
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The quality of the Rancho branded shocks on the FX-4 has been discussed many times.
Just because Tenneco makes the parts does not mean there is a development tie between Motorcraft and Rancho. It just means that those brand of shocks are built in the same factory.
It also does not mean they are the same company. Tenneco manufactures the shocks for Motorcraft. It does not own Motorcraft. Tenneco also manufactures the OEM shocks for Harley-Davidson SAIC, but it does not own Harley-Davidson SAIC,
Just because Tenneco makes the parts does not mean there is a development tie between Motorcraft and Rancho. It just means that those brand of shocks are built in the same factory.
It also does not mean they are the same company. Tenneco manufactures the shocks for Motorcraft. It does not own Motorcraft. Tenneco also manufactures the OEM shocks for Harley-Davidson SAIC, but it does not own Harley-Davidson SAIC,
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The quality of the Rancho branded shocks on the FX-4 has been discussed many times.
Just because Tenneco makes the parts does not mean there is a development tie between Motorcraft and Rancho. It just means that those brand of shocks are built in the same factory.
It also does not mean they are the same company. Tenneco manufactures the shocks for Motorcraft. It does not own Motorcraft. Tenneco also manufactures the OEM shocks for Harley-Davidson SAIC, but it does not own Harley-Davidson SAIC,
Just because Tenneco makes the parts does not mean there is a development tie between Motorcraft and Rancho. It just means that those brand of shocks are built in the same factory.
It also does not mean they are the same company. Tenneco manufactures the shocks for Motorcraft. It does not own Motorcraft. Tenneco also manufactures the OEM shocks for Harley-Davidson SAIC, but it does not own Harley-Davidson SAIC,
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Hum,m, could it be that the OEM shocks are chosen for the basic chassis and on-road use and not for all the extras that we like to pile on to that chassis and then drive across open fields and other muddy areas?
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Iron Cobra, can you source this information somewhere? I was aware that Tenneco was a major OEM supplier, and that they owned Rancho as well as Monroe, but I'd never seen anything definitive that they were the OEM manufacturer. I had always assumed that, as it stood to reason that they would considering how the FX4 shocks are Rancho-branded.
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Iron Cobra, can you source this information somewhere? I was aware that Tenneco was a major OEM supplier, and that they owned Rancho as well as Monroe, but I'd never seen anything definitive that they were the OEM manufacturer. I had always assumed that, as it stood to reason that they would considering how the FX4 shocks are Rancho-branded.
From the AboutRancho section of Ranchos site:
Rancho products are manufactured and marketed by Tenneco Inc (NYSE: TEN) a $5.9 billion manufacturing company best known for its ride control and emission brands, including: Monroe® shocks and struts, Walker® Exhaust, Gillet® and Clevite® Elastomers, and DynoMax® Performance Exhaust.
From Tenneco:
http://www.tenneco.com/original_equi...oem_customers/
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