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Old Jun 24, 2022 | 12:48 PM
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What about those quad shocks?

Hey everyone, it’s me again. I have a question that I know has been asked 1,000,000 times, but no matter how much I read I still can’t manage to understand it. What was the purpose of the quad shocks, dumbed down to monkey terms?


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Old Jun 24, 2022 | 02:44 PM
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Quad shocks are very simply to give you more oil capacity for shock absorbing needs. So it's an off-road capability thing.
 
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Old Jun 25, 2022 | 07:23 AM
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Originally Posted by jas88
Quad shocks are very simply to give you more oil capacity for shock absorbing needs. So it's an off-road capability thing.
Snowplow thing too - you got lots more weight way up front wanting to bounce up and down, this works just the two shocks extra hard.
 
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