I'm with scraprat on these shocks on a 1 ton truck, I must not have a "princess azz" ether because those Reflex did good for me on the 2000 so I put them on this one

 

Yep, that's what I decided to do when I replace mine... I'm going with the Reflex shocks.

 

Thought this was a good article on the differences between the design of monotubes and twin tubes.

https://www.tomorrowstechnician.com/...2%80%99t%20mix.

 

I have been somewhat disappointed with my latest set of Bilstein shocks on my 2015 F250 PSD 4X4.

One of the rears sprung a massive leak after 3 months, and they were less than stellar to deal with for warranty replacement. Once that was fixed, they now have 40K miles on them, and need replaced. My truck is stock height, and has the 4600's on it (blue and gold colored).

 

Changed the shocks yestersay on the '21' F350. Still had the original shocks on it with 92k miles. Put the Monroe Reflex on the front which appeared to be the same as OEM. The rear I put Monroe Magnums on it mainly because Rock auto didn’t have the Reflex for the rear. The outer shell appears to be slightly bigger than the OEM.

 

When I did my DEF pump and sending unit last week, I had to remove the passenger side rear shock to have enough room to get between the tailpipe and axle so I could get both my hands up on top of the DEF tank to disconnect the big connector to drop the tank. Anyways...

IIRC I bought the Monroe Reflex shocks for my truck in May 2023.
I waited way to effing long to replace the factory Ranchos... I knew before that one of the rears were gone as it had oil on it...

Well...... all four were completely gone. I had been riding around on just my springs AND apparently, I got used to it thinking this was normal.

Wow, what a difference in the ride...

Pics aren't uploading so I'll post up later.

My new steering dampner came in... ordered off of Rock Auto. The Motorcraft one was 54 bucks so I decided for just less than 40 more, I'd go with a Bilstein stabilizer. I'm off the next two so looking to get that in...

 

One of the rears... totally toast. Inside and out...


Work smarter and not harder...

 

I recently replaced my steering stabilizer with the Bilstein model. I think you'll like it, I noticed an immediate difference (probably due to mine being shot after 90K, lol).

 

Hopefully you didn't knick your springs with the Vice Grips. A small knick in a spring causes a stress location and ultimately stress cracks and failure.

 

I replaced all 4 of mine along with the steering stabilizer at around 9k miles on my truck. I went with the Bilstien 5100's all around and was immediately happy with the results.

 

I'm likely going to do the same soon, and go with the same Bilsteins (I have those already both front and rear). Mine have almost 100K on them, so I'm sure they're a little sad.

Where did you order yours? Get a good deal? I'm finding that Bilsteins don't have much of a discount across parts sites...

 

Those shocks were shot prior to me even buying them... I could have replaced them before 100k miles.

There's a spot on the expressway i drive everyday into work where I do my regens. There's a section at the end of it, it just ends because its in the hills and there's a forest at the end where the road because dirt and exits onto a road there, where there's seams between the concrete sections and my truck would hop pretty bad... I never figured it was my shocks...

Now, very smooth... lesson learned.

Yeah I'm thinking the steering dampner is shot also. Probably doesn't help that I'm running those Michelin Defenders out right to the bitter end. They are shot and I have a new of Patagonia Milestars AT/Rs that I got from my buddy who's a tire distributor for about $650. He told me no use going with a set of Falkens when I use a 18 inch set of wheels with snow tires for winter. I'll probably throw on my 18 inch set early in late September or early October, then take my 20s to my buddy's shop to mount the new tires. I'm going to buy 5 oz bags of EZ Open bags of Innovative Balancing ceramic balance beads.

Have used them before but not in a long time. 5 oz is the maintenance dose for 20 inch tires with a 65 height. They dont make garuantees that it will work because of the short sidewall but I want to see if they will help. My buddy just static balances tires and hopefully the beads should help with the dynamic balance. I also do have the Centramatic balancers on my truck now for awhile. Maybe thats what keeping me from getting more wobble in front from those worn tires. But I am getting a very slight wobble at times in the front and I think it's from those tires. I do have the better tires up front. My truck likes to hammer tires in the rear.

 

I'm thinking Rock Auto is your best bet. That stabilizer I bought goes for much more than the $91 I paid.

 

I'm going to say negative. Those were cheap azz vice grips and had them on loosely to just hold the wrench there so I did not have to. They had the rounded grips meant for pipes. I didn't need them to be very tight at all for it to work.

 

Whew, $375 without tax and shipping... groan. But, I also added this tool from Lisle, which replaces one that I misplaced years ago. Very handy: https://www.rockauto.com/en/moreinfo...=1001086&jsn=5