Rancho 9000's might have been an oops
I installed Rancho 9000's on our Dodge 3500 about 12,000 miles ago. 4000 miles hauling our single slide 9ft camper / towing, 3000 other miles towing cargo/flatbeds, and about 800 miles towing our Car...
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d3500ram wrote:JumboJet wrote:
I tried Rancho 9000s on my Dodge Cummins. After having two metering valves fail (replaced under warranty) I sold them on eBay and bought Bilsteins. My opinion, Ranchos cannot handle heavy loads off road.
After 2 failures as you describe I do not blame you for switching brands. Just curious, which model Bilstein's did you get and how are they doing?
4600 Series - I currently have 85,000 miles on them.
Both Rancho 9000 shocks that failed on my truck were on the right front of my 2004 RAM 2500. There was this constant small bumping noise. When I removed the shock to test it, I could feel a skip in the hydraulic action. Rancho was good to replace - kept receipt from O-Reilly Auto Parts.
When I bought my RAM 3500, I had O'Reilly Auto Parts order me a set of Bilsteins and they are still on the truck. I saw what looked like oil on the right rear shock, but just haven't had time to take it off and test it. I do have the receipt for the Bilstein shocks,
My son needed shocks for his 2006 Chevy 2500 Duramax and was going to buy the Rancho 9000. He insisted on Rancho and bought the 7000 series and they are still good. The truck has 110,000 miles on it and the shocks have about 30,000 on them.
