Another shocking shock replace
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5th Wheeling
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From: Reno, Nevada
Another shocking shock replace
Installed my new Bilsteins today and my OEM shocks from my F350 KR with 25,000 miles were absolutely SHOT!!!
Hard to believe on a $60,000 plus truck!!
Just saying, Larry
Hard to believe on a $60,000 plus truck!!
Just saying, Larry
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From: Greenwood, SC
Yup.
Rancho says that the stock shocks are not gas charged so they aren't supposed to extend on their own when we remove them. But still, they're usually very easy to push and pull by hand which is the exact opposite of the way they should be. They should resist medium/fast movement pretty firmly while slow easy movements should be smooth.
When the 6000 pound truck is moving on top of 2000 pounds of wheel/axle they should be way too hard to move by hand, they're clearly not designed for the mass and inertia existing on a pickup truck that likely sees another 10,000 pounds of forced movement by a trailer.
Rancho says that the stock shocks are not gas charged so they aren't supposed to extend on their own when we remove them. But still, they're usually very easy to push and pull by hand which is the exact opposite of the way they should be. They should resist medium/fast movement pretty firmly while slow easy movements should be smooth.
When the 6000 pound truck is moving on top of 2000 pounds of wheel/axle they should be way too hard to move by hand, they're clearly not designed for the mass and inertia existing on a pickup truck that likely sees another 10,000 pounds of forced movement by a trailer.
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From: Hattiesburg, Ms.
I took mine off at 4,200 miles when the truck was lifted. They're actually Rancho branded Ford shocks, I think. I know they had FoMoCo stamped in them. I gave 'em to a friend that has a '06, he was still running the originals........
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