Rancho 9000's might have been an oops

i had some 9000's years ago.. the first thing to fail was the bushings... lot of "clunking" from the rear when the "eye" bushings either were worn 50+% or completely gone.

contacted rancho for some replacement bushings, but they are factory pressed so they just sent me a new pair of shocks (kudos).

my issue is that all these 2" shocks are not "right sized" for our trucks. esp. with a heavy TC.

so i upgraded to:
king 2.5" diameter remote reservoir (adjustable) shocks.

they are nice (expensive) but the % flow change w/ the adjustment knob is barely discernible. i have meant to get them revalved as they are stiff in stock configuration for an unloaded truck.. but the loaded, off-road (washboard, whoops) are much better handled w/ these shocks

sway-a-way, walker-evans, icon, fox, also make adjustable remote reservoir 2.5" shocks and some of those have greater flow differences between settings than the kings

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