Shocks shot?

[jmfedie]

Hi all, just bought my first raptor...2019 with just over 90k on it. During the purchasing period I went through the Carfax service history and didn't see anything about shock rebuild/replacement so assume this hasn't been done. After reading other forums it seems like they should be shot by this point, but since it is my first raptor I have no idea what the fox live valves should feel like. I feel every little bump...and I read somewhere that when the shocks fail, they default to full dampening...so is that what I am feeling? What am I looking for to know if they need rebuilding/replacement? Anything I can easily do at home? Emphasizing easily since I am definitely not a mechanic. Appreciate any guidance!

 

[Keith88]

Hi all, just bought my first raptor...2019 with just over 90k on it. During the purchasing period I went through the Carfax service history and didn't see anything about shock rebuild/replacement so assume this hasn't been done. After reading other forums it seems like they should be shot by this point, but since it is my first raptor I have no idea what the fox live valves should feel like. I feel every little bump...and I read somewhere that when the shocks fail, they default to full dampening...so is that what I am feeling? What am I looking for to know if they need rebuilding/replacement? Anything I can easily do at home? Emphasizing easily since I am definitely not a mechanic. Appreciate any guidance!

Shock rebuild could very of been done and not show up on the car-fax. Feeling every little bump... could be a thousand possibilities. Do you see any visible signs of the shocks leaking?

 

[shigman]

What is your tire pressure set at. If its been serviced they likely filled to the door jam pressures or higher. You don't want 38+ PSI...you'll feel a lot of little bumps.

 

[jmfedie]

Shock rebuild could very of been done and not show up on the car-fax. Feeling every little bump... could be a thousand possibilities. Do you see any visible signs of the shocks leaking?

No, no visible signs. I just don't have any frame of reference...my 2017 Tahoe felt like this and I know these shocks are much beefier than those were.

 

[jmfedie]

What is your tire pressure set at. If its been serviced they likely filled to the door jam pressures or higher. You don't want 38+ PSI...you'll feel a lot of little bumps.

Good thinking, two of the tires are at 39, the other two or 35/34. So not extremely high.

 

[Bozz]

@Gumby

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[TravisHTX]

If it helps, I had a similar question recently. The overwhelming majority of the responses pointed to the shocks needing to be rebuilt.

Mine is a 2019 with only 36k miles.

I sent them off for rebuild recently, just waiting to get them back to confirm if the shock rebuild was in fact the case. I will update my thread once I get the shocks back on. They should be on the way back tomorrow.

Gen2 Live Valve Full Stiffness Cause?

I am a little stumped... I am hoping some of yall that have more knowledge on the subject than I, have some info that might help me troubleshoot this. From what I gather from searching for this issue, there are others that have had similar issues. But I don't recall seeing a definitive answer on...

www.fordraptorforum.com

 

[jmfedie]

If it helps, I had a similar question recently. The overwhelming majority of the responses pointed to the shocks needing to be rebuilt.

Mine is a 2019 with only 36k miles.

I sent them off for rebuild recently, just waiting to get them back to confirm if the shock rebuild was in fact the case. I will update my thread once I get the shocks back on. They should be on the way back tomorrow.

Gen2 Live Valve Full Stiffness Cause?

I am a little stumped... I am hoping some of yall that have more knowledge on the subject than I, have some info that might help me troubleshoot this. From what I gather from searching for this issue, there are others that have had similar issues. But I don't recall seeing a definitive answer on...

www.fordraptorforum.com

That would be great...appreciate it. The biggest issue for me is not having a point of reference to what it should feel like...what 'normal' is.