Yeah, I'm looking at the air rides too, the belltech shocks on my 98
are ok, but barely have 10,000 miles on them.
I got a squeak too coming from the rear spring bushing. Shot it with
some WD-40 in the spring, silenced it until a few weeks ago. Guess
I'll do a more perminant fix this winter.
Gary
On Wed, Sep 8, 2010 at 9:13 PM, BOBBY <bocd@optonline.net> wrote:
>
> Not sure how long the shocks should last but I have the same drop .......if
> I don't keep my ball joints greased well i get the same squeek.
>
> I'm looking at going for some air ride shockwaves
>
> coop
>
>
> On Wed, Sep 8, 2010 at 9:51 PM, Robert Schultz wrote:
>
>> Another question since you all, have so much time on your hands :-)
>>
>> How long should aftermarket shocks last?
>>
>> I've had the Hotchkis 2/4 drop with Bilstein shocks in the truck since
>> about 2005.
>>
>> For about a year, the rear was more like a 5" drop and it was pretty
>> common for me to blow through the rear suspension right to the stops. I
>> finally got around top having an additional leaf added to solve the problem.
>> Now it seems that htere's abit of wallowing in the rear leading me to
>> believe the shocks light be done.
>>
>> The passenger side cover is torn up, I think from being fully compressed
>> far too often.
>>
>> Jumping on the bumper doesn't tell me much, as everything is still pretty
>> stiff.
>>
>> There is an annoying squeak from that side, but I doubt that's the shock.
>>
>> Ahh, the joys of a minimally maintained 10 year old truck. Sigh. Wife's
>> car been eating all our maintenance dollars.
>>
>> Rob S.
>>
>> 2000 4.7l QC, 5spd., Hotchkis, Hurst.
>
>
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