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I received my shocks today but there were no instructions in the box and when you check online it states invalid part number or no instructional guide available. What's up with that??? And yes I understand they are relatively simple but torque values would have been nice.
I received my shocks today but there were no instructions in the box and when you check online it states invalid part number or no instructional guide available. What's up with that??? And yes I understand they are relatively simple but torque values would have been nice.
Mine are due in on Thursday and I went looking on their site last night for install instructions and found exactly the same thing - invalid part number and the only thing I could get instructions for were their lift kit installs, which some/most do include the shocks. Also like you, I get they should be pretty easy, but they could at least put a simple 1-pager out with some basic details.
For torque refer to OE, that will be the torque used.
Yes, but how hard would it be for Rancho to be user friendly and provide the torque value on an instruction sheet included in the box. Lots of questions could be answered by a simple instruction sheet.
For torque refer to OE, that will be the torque used.
And in reality the only way to find those numbers would be a service manual. Pretty sure the owners manual does not include torque values for every fastener on the vehicle. So unless you had access to a service manual you would not know this value.
Installed Rancho 9000XL's today on my 350 Dually. The install was pretty straight forward, rears were very quick and easy, fronts took a little more time since you are working in a pretty confined area when doing the tops - still an easy job overall particularly considering I have never changed a shock before in my life
Stock Ford FX4 "Rancho's" that came off with 7,500 miles on them in mostly dry conditions since purchase, no snow, salt, bad stuff and look at them. Just posting a pict of one of the fronts that Ford did a fantastic job installing the bushing on too.
One last minor thing that I had not seen mentioned anywhere, the stock front top nut is 21mm and tight getting a socket wrench in there with the bedliner, which I knew, so I picked up a 21mm ratcheting wrench which worked great getting it out. Unfortunately Rancho provides you a nice new 3/4” nut to go back on the new shocks so that 21mm ratcheting wrench quickly became worthless for that job, that part I did not know.
cross-posted in the "what did you do today" thread
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