Shocks not working well-Rancho 5000s

[brillmtb]

It seems that my fairly new rancho 5000s dont work well now. I rock my truck and it will cycle three times, up and down, before stopping. Seems excessive and I am wondering if they just are not up to damping a heavy truck like these.



Perhaps either the 9000s cranked up to the higher setting or a different brand would offer better damping. Anyone else experience the same thing with ranchos?

 

[brillmtb]

It seems others recommend the bilstien 5100s but when I looked these up they are only spec'd for lifted trucks, mine is a stock 2500

 

[Bob4x4]

Most guys with stock trucks are happier with the Blue/Yellow Bilsteins

 

[Prairie Dog]

Most guys with stock trucks are happier with the Blue/Yellow Bilsteins

I was. The Rancho's were no bewtter than stock but the Bilstiens really soak up stuff and stop much of the harshness. They also control "porpoising" when pulling the tt.

 

[wcjp]

The 5000's are an in between shock. You would likely be happier with 9000 or Bilstein.

 

[HBarlow]

I have found that OEM shocks last about 60k miles of highway driving and Bilsteins last forever.

 

[AEdelheit]

I would never put anything that says Rancho on a truck as heavy as ours, maybe a Toyota but on our trucks a bilstien 5100 is the shock to start with, the a good 2. 0 shock is really what they should have for the weight.

 

[07 ThunderRoad]

I used the rancho shocks, with the adjustable valve on the rear, on my '87 ram. I installed them in 1995 and hated them till I got rid of the truck. Very poor control on the rebound, harsh ride unless on setting#1, and truck porpoising when towing on level #3 or higher.

My 2003 1500 Dodge had the factory shocks until I traded it in on my 2007 CTD.

After 1 year with the factory shocks on the 2007, I could not stand the harsh ride. After some checking on the forums, I purchased the Bilstein HD yellow / blue shocks. What a big improvement over the small bumps in the road. My trailer tows better also. The larger bumps-holes in the road don't make the rear end kick out as bad. The only thing I would say about the Bilsteins is that a lot of people on the forums had the paint flake off and the shocks start to rust with in the first year of use up north. I used clear engine enamel paint on the Bilsteins before installing on my truck, and they still look like new.

 

[brillmtb]

Thanks. A shame my shocks went bad this soon. Will get the billsteens for the stock truck

 

[TFucili]

Never had much luck with Rancho 5000s. Even broke a few on an old '76 Ford F-250 company truck we had.

 

[brillmtb]

Thanks for your help. New shocks went in yesterday. Have a long ride today. They seem better around the block