Are Your Shocks Worn

Beach66Bum · Feb 28, 2012

Saw this display the other day. 80,000km = 49709.695miles :hammer:

O'Rattlecan · Feb 28, 2012

It looks like they just painted a new shock in rust colored paint. :rofl:

The wife & I are both way over 50,000 miles on our last shock replacement.

Ryan

Fellro · Feb 28, 2012

It is harder to tell on pickups... I generally can tell by the bounce when hooked to a trailer. otherwise, I go by the bounce test, instead of by mileage.

rambler · Feb 28, 2012

hmmm, I just rolled 200K on the f2500 over 100K on shocks.. still going strong..

racsan · Feb 28, 2012

my ranger still has the front factory shocks, 19 years and 146,000 miles, doenst bounce more than once. the wife's '97 S-blazer has 190,000 on it and doesnt bounce more than once, factory original shocks also. i would have changed tons of shocks over the years if i went strictly by milage. granted the blazer "feels" like a set of shocks would be a good idea. but it passes the bounce test and the tires aint wearing funny.

Fellro · Feb 29, 2012

Bounce test on trucks isn't as indicative, works best on coil spring suspensions. If it does the bouncy-bounce on the road, you need shocks.

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