Hi Paul,
No, 42k on the stock shocks... someone else had the Ranchos. The truck
doesn't oscillate when I bounce it, but I just get the feel that the shocks
are looser or sloppier than earlier on. More body roll, etc.
Another problem I'm having -- tire balance. I took the truck into one of the
chains for balancing and rotation, on the original P255/65R15 Eagle LS's.
There had been a bad vibration at freeway speeds. The first round of
balancing did nothing, so I went back, they re-did it, much better. Now a
month later, the vibration is back, not as bad, but back. I wonder if this
is shock related as well?
Maybe I should just bite the bullet, new shocks and tires all around, and be
done with it? Damn those Eagles are expensive... Has anyone tried the
Pirelli Scorpion Zeros in the snow?
Terry.
'00 4.7L SLT ext cab
pretty much stock!
<Tubamirbls@aol.com> wrote in message news:109.1b0cf262.2af09808@aol.com...
>
> Hi Terry
> So you now have about 40k mi on your Ranchos? The test of any
shock's
> effectiveness is of course dampening; how quickly does it stop the truck
from
> boing-boing up and down after a dip or similar road surface irregularity.
If
> the vehicle straightens itself out after one rebound you don't need to
> replace your Ranchos yet.
> In my experience the rear shocks on vehicles like trucks where you
have
> semi eliptical leaf springs on a solid axle tend to have a longer
effective
> life than on the front of the same vehicle when front independent
suspension
> is present. If you decide you must replace your Ranchos now, then before
> ordering all 4, unfasten one rear shock from its bottom mount, and by
hand,
> force the shock up to near its fully retracted position then pull it
> vigorously down to its fully extended position. If you feel you had to
work
> pretty hard in both these motions, especially the going up to collapse it,
> then you are getting almost as much shock action as a new one is going to
> give you.
>
> Paul Sahlin
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