98 100 series shocks

Gday mate i run Dobinsons have had many cruisers all with dobinsons suspension, shocks ,springs and leaf suspension and steering dampers.Im not a suspension expert but i give my vehicles a hard time they have not let me down you have the choice of many variations with ur suspension with Dobinsons

Hi Johny Boy,

on my 80 series I have Old Man Emu springs and shocks.
With heavy springs in the back and mediums in the front, and ARB sports shocks (made by OME) they handle really well loaded.
Off road they still give me plenty of travel and have never failed me.

Hoo roo,
Steve

We have Bilsteins.

Couldn't resist them after the performance they gave on my sons rally cars.

And after a few thousand kilometers of corrugations without them getting hot I am satisfied that they were the right choice.

Maybe that's how that are tuned/set-up when new. They may have much firmer rebound resistance than bump. What setting (1-9) did you have them at? You didn't mention the vehicle had any problems before you removed the dampers for a look-see...?

John for average quality shocks like Tough Dog or OME many are lucky to get 50,000 km out of them or often they are starting to fade by then. A higher performance shock like a Bilstien should go to 180K+ or a Koni 250K+ & even then can be rebuilt intead of throwing away.
Toss the RTC damper away & fit any quality plain damper. If your castor is set up correct the return spring is not required.
For good quality at a reasonable price I'd go withRidepro Rox Shocks being a big bore with velocity sensitive valving.
The trick with shocks is to look past the advertising. Quality shocks sell by word of mouth not full page adds ;-)
Cheers Craig...............

Thanks Craig, that's what I was hoping to hear it sounds like mine have done there job if that's the case as I only just found my service book last night and I wrote the Ks I fitted them it was 105000km ago so I have nothing to complain about as I did tow the van for almost the whole of 2010 around OZ, I will just have to decide what brand to go with this time as I found I didn't hardly touch the 9 way valve so maybe it was not needed,and I like the idea of being able to rebuild the shocks as well and T/D is a throw away shock to my understanding ,thanks againmate.

Cheers John.