What I meant by spring action is like when you push them up and let go it returns to the max extension. every other shock I've seen does this.
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What I meant by spring action is like when you push them up and let go it returns to the max extension. every other shock I've seen does this.
Those have to be 'the' stiffest shocks I have ever had the misery of owning!
I didn't know better when I bought them and they were the only ones easily available in a 2.5" lift design.
With my Jeep fully loaded and a canoe on top of the hard top, then the rancho 5000's seem to sort of work. Empty, I need a kidney belt and my wife needs a duct tape reinforced bra....
And the worst thing is the pricks have a lifetime warranty, so I either find someone that wants a set cheap so I can justify buying cheap new shocks that work or just toss the things and write off the money as a learning experience.
Mike
86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT'sDarryl Tackett wrote:
You have seen gas charged shocks only then.
Hydraulic shocks stay where you leave them.
Mike
86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT'sDarryl Tackett wrote:
Rancho 5000's are stiff shocks. They road like a truck on my YJ. I replaced them with Rancho RSX and it's a little better. I've yet to find a nice compliant, yet controlling shock. Many people have recommended getting the
9000's and setting them at their softest setting.
I have been reading up on shocks and going with a hydraulic shock vs. a gas charged shock helps too. Some of the regs here have suggested Doetsch DT3000 as a good replacement...
-- Taylor
'89 Audi 200 '03 Audi S6 Avant '98 Jeep Cherokee Sport
I agree the 5000s were REALLY stiff at first - actually jarred a filling loose from my teeth. Now that I've abused them for 2 years they are about right.
The 5000's are a hydraulic shock, just a real hard one.
Mike
86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT'sLOL!
I believe the filling part, but I have been bouncing the crap out of mine for 2 years and the pricks are still working just perfectly...
Mike
HomeBrewer wrote:
Gas charged shocks do that, hydraulic shocks do not. The Rancho shocks are not gas charged.
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