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I have a set of Rancho 9000XL shocks on my jeep. Initially, I was pretty happy with them. Adjusters seemed to work well, shocks held up to normal/rough freeway usage (and high speed bumpy gravel roads). I'm running stock suspension w/ Sumosprings bumpstops.
New or with up to ~20k, I'd run 5/5 on the adjusters, then dial them up to 6/7 while towing/loaded heavy - and 3/3, 4/3, or 3/4 while empty/partially loaded.
Lately, I feel like I am getting shock fade and the adjusters can be really difficult to adjust. I think there is around 30k miles on the set. Pretty sure the shocks are done. The rebound control is terrible - its too much. The shock is either harsh or mush. This is similar to the behavior I had on a set of RS5000s on my suburban - after 30k miles, the shocks would experience higher fade and the valves felt 'stuck'.
Most of the mileage on my jeep is at/near/above GVWR - while I don't consider this to be 'heavy', the 07 JKU only has ~900# of cargo, incl passenger capacity. (jeep is mostly stock - no lift, bumpers etc...)
Purchased from 4wheelparts - called and spoke to their CS, but they want me to send them the shocks for eval, charge my CC for 4 new shocks...After the factory has had a chance to play with them for 4-6 weeks then, ONLY THEN I MIGHT receive a credit. This seemed pretty unreal to me since my experiences at Sears with Ranchos was very different...
Can you help me out?
I have a set of Rancho 9000XL shocks on my jeep. Initially, I was pretty happy with them. Adjusters seemed to work well, shocks held up to normal/rough freeway usage (and high speed bumpy gravel roads). I'm running stock suspension w/ Sumosprings bumpstops.
New or with up to ~20k, I'd run 5/5 on the adjusters, then dial them up to 6/7 while towing/loaded heavy - and 3/3, 4/3, or 3/4 while empty/partially loaded.
Lately, I feel like I am getting shock fade and the adjusters can be really difficult to adjust. I think there is around 30k miles on the set. Pretty sure the shocks are done. The rebound control is terrible - its too much. The shock is either harsh or mush. This is similar to the behavior I had on a set of RS5000s on my suburban - after 30k miles, the shocks would experience higher fade and the valves felt 'stuck'.
Most of the mileage on my jeep is at/near/above GVWR - while I don't consider this to be 'heavy', the 07 JKU only has ~900# of cargo, incl passenger capacity. (jeep is mostly stock - no lift, bumpers etc...)
Purchased from 4wheelparts - called and spoke to their CS, but they want me to send them the shocks for eval, charge my CC for 4 new shocks...After the factory has had a chance to play with them for 4-6 weeks then, ONLY THEN I MIGHT receive a credit. This seemed pretty unreal to me since my experiences at Sears with Ranchos was very different...
Can you help me out?
