RANCHO SHOCKS
Submitted: Tuesday, Sep 17, 2002 at 00:00
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MARK
DO THE RANCHO SHOCKS WORK AS
WELL AS THE AD SAYS ?
SOFTER ON COMPRESSION THAN REBOUND , HOW DO THEY DIFFER FROM OME AND SERIES 2000 SHOCKS
Reply By: Will - Wednesday, Sep 18, 2002 at 00:00
Wednesday, Sep 18, 2002 at 00:00
Mark,
They are not double action, (I do not have them) they do not have any action on compress which makes them nice and comfortable, however this is a recent experience:
Across the simpson recently I had OMEs in my Patrol and a friend had Ranchos, he kept fiddling with his adjustment (they are adjustable) because his
suspension kept bottoming out... his
suspension was also a bit higher than
mine (I only have a 50mm lift).
Obviously having no slowing action on compression did not help on outback roads....
Will
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Follow Up By: Derek - Wednesday, Sep 18, 2002 at 00:00
Wednesday, Sep 18, 2002 at 00:00
Mark. I was taught that shock absorbers control BOTH the upward and downward movement of a spring and how
well they do this is dependent on the valving. What Rancho may have done, is to fit softer valving on the down stroke of the shockie piston and left normal valving on the upward stroke. Whatever the case, you must avoid the bottoming- out situation Will is talking of, or eventually something major will bend or break. Hope this is of some help.
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Reply By: Slunnie - Wednesday, Sep 18, 2002 at 00:00
Wednesday, Sep 18, 2002 at 00:00
I have the Rancho 9000's and as Derek says they have very little damping on compression. When I removed the originals though, they also had next to no damping on compression and were stiff on rebound. In terms of comfort they are very good, and I would buy them again. I have recently traversed the
Simpson Desert also and had a bottoming problem, though this said, the car was very very heavy and the main factor involved here is the pitch and magnitude of the bumps in the sand and of course speed. The Simpson is the only place I have also had regular bottoming. Springs are mean't to carry load, not the shocks. I am currently respecing my
suspension, and the shocks will all be replaced with Rancho again. Sometimes I do notice it takes longer to get big
suspension movements under control, and I leave
mine on the stiffest setting, which is still comfy compared to std.
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Reply By: mudgutz - Sunday, Sep 22, 2002 at 00:00
Sunday, Sep 22, 2002 at 00:00
well there you go two blokes love em one bloke hates em .im currently looking at springs /shocks myself...and was looking at the ranchos as
well but will be giving them the big miss...my mechanic had em on his 75 series says they caused him heaps of dramas with a full load..he threw em on
the tip and put on some enforcers and was raving about em
reckons they were a little cheaper and twice as good
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Follow Up By: Leroy - Monday, Sep 23, 2002 at 00:00
Monday, Sep 23, 2002 at 00:00
I'm also looking around at the moment but not sure what to get. I decided against the rancho's as the guy I spoke to said they didn't offer much extra travel over std shocks. Hard to believe though.
Leroy
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