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 ****** 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's

Darryl Tackett wrote:
>
> I'm a 4x4 newbie and recently purchased a set of rancho 5000 shocks. All
> 4 had no spring action. I exchanged them for another set but those do
> the same thing. Went ahead and installed them. It was like driving
> without any shocks. I cant believe that two sets could be defective so
> am I doing something wrong or is this how they're suppose to operate. If
> this is normal do I need some other component?
>
> Thanks for any tips

 

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.

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"Mike Romain" <romainm@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
news:3F294301.1537D345@sympatico.ca...
> 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 ****** 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's
>
> Darryl Tackett wrote:
> >
> > I'm a 4x4 newbie and recently purchased a set of rancho 5000 shocks. All
> > 4 had no spring action. I exchanged them for another set but those do
> > the same thing. Went ahead and installed them. It was like driving
> > without any shocks. I cant believe that two sets could be defective so
> > am I doing something wrong or is this how they're suppose to operate. If
> > this is normal do I need some other component?
> >
> > Thanks for any tips

 

LOL!

I believe the filling part, but I have been bouncing the crap out of
mine for 2 years and the ****** are still working just perfectly...

Mike

HomeBrewer wrote:
>
> 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.
>
> --
> HomeBrewer
>
> http://home.earthlink.net/~t3e871/index.html
> www.rcparkflyers.com
> Remove the xxx to reply!
>
> "Mike Romain" <romainm@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
> news:3F294301.1537D345@sympatico.ca...
> > 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 ****** 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's
> >
> > Darryl Tackett wrote:
> > >
> > > I'm a 4x4 newbie and recently purchased a set of rancho 5000 shocks. All
> > > 4 had no spring action. I exchanged them for another set but those do
> > > the same thing. Went ahead and installed them. It was like driving
> > > without any shocks. I cant believe that two sets could be defective so
> > > am I doing something wrong or is this how they're suppose to operate. If
> > > this is normal do I need some other component?
> > >
> > > Thanks for any tips