Kyle,
I'm not good at math but from my calculations the shocks have 80,000
miles on them? I'd expect them to be shot.
I believe all rancho shocks come with urethane bushings (now atleast).
For offroading, I'm not sure why you'd want urethane. It certainly
shouldn't a requirement but I doubt you've put 80K offroad miles on the
truck ;)
Old Man Emu makes a nice shock. I believe its made for them by bilstein
but dont hold me to that. Its a funky schoolbus yellow too.
I have the RS9000s model 9012 all the way around and I love them. 18"
of travel is hard to find these days! The shock is longer compressed than
the old one was extended.
-- Dave>I put Rancho RS5000s on my Dak at about the 40,000 mile mark, thinking they >were the 'best' shock out there. Initially, I was pleased with the ride; I >may have also been ignorant because it was my first truck and a 4WD truck >at >that. After 6 months the bushings on ALL the shocks were shot. I bought a >$40 polyurethane bushing kit and installed them. I will never buy Rancho >products again and would never suggest anyone to buy them also. Their >customer service, for me atleast, was crap and their products to me are >crap. All of these shocks are bad condition currently(118,000 miles) and >need to be replaced very soon. Also, I will never buy shocks again which >dont already come with urethane bushings at both ends on all the shocks. >Bilsteins are my next choice of shock which will go on my Dak; the cheapest >is $49.99 at Autozone and it does not matter if you want front or rear as >they are the same price. By the way, most of the time my tires are inflated >to 50PSI and have driven them with a mere 20PSI in them, in both conditions >I felt the shocks did not or could not handle my Dak nor the road/trail >conditions. Try looking at the technical write-ups I did during the quest >for new shocks: >http://www.cs.fredonia.edu/~stei0302/WWW/DAKOTA/ARCHIVES/9912/3422.html >and at: >http://www.cs.fredonia.edu/~stei0302/WWW/DAKOTA/ARCHIVES/0001/4566.html >Kyle >93 Dakota 4x4 V6 >
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