I'm dead serious. Shocks, unless they have oil all over them, are just not something I've really considered replacing. The truck rides just fine...I think. I may go ahead and replace them - I might be in for a big surprise!

I'm very particular about my maintenance...follow a strict schedule. But, shocks are something I just don't think about much!

 

o.e.m. parts are not always better. I know for a fact.

 

A friend of mine is big into off-road racing and has spend a lot of time setting up shocks and suspension for their cars. We talked for quite awhile about the mechanics and physics of the issue and I decided to try them out on my steer axle. What I found was that they did reduce front end hopping noticeably and my steers do run cooler. However, overall ride is not drastically different and they didn't affect my tire life at all. I got 200,000 out of my steers before and after the switch and had almost identical tread depth left. The one unknown is impact on lifetime wear and tear of front end components. However, that's usually not a huge concern for most operations anyway.

My opinion, they're certainly a superior shock, but unless you're running in severe conditions I doubt you'll see a ROI and the improvement in comfort is too small to justify the cost.

 

my company leases there trucks from penski our trucks have like 250-500 k miles on em. mine has about 310. 50k lb loads all day long over lovely nyc roads. these things get beat up good.steer like **** ride like **** shift like ****. There are some trucks in our fleet im scared to drive they veer so hard. replacing shocks is nowhere in the gameplan.i wrote up my truck for a rough ride around 240k miles. got it back from PM with the same old rusted up shocks. they did hook me up with a squirt of 5th wheel greese tho .sweet. its all about the mighty dollar, and they dont want to spend one cent more then they need to. i try to keep my truck clean and as in good shape as possbile. i write lots of stuff up, to bad im just wasting ink in my pen, cuz nothing gets fixed. ive adapted to driving the truck and dont expect any luxuries.