New Owner question about wheel hop

Beallen25 said:

Yeah, its funny you mention the tire pressure because at first I thought the same thing. Felt like the guy I bought it off of was running 70psi, but I checked and I was pleasantly surprised they were at 38psi on all four corners. And to your point 10ply tires arent exactly made with a smooth ride in mind.


Earlier I called up what I thought was a very reputable off road shop here in middle TN getting a price on bleeding & refilling the nitrogen and a possible rebuild, just to see if I have any local options. Plus I thought maybe try a nitrogen fill up might do the trick because, the truck is crazy clean. I crawled around underneath it for 20 minutes before I bought it and could find zero evidence it had ever been off road, so either someone did a damn good job of cleaning up their mess or it has been babied.

the gentleman on the phone said absolutely we can get you in on the 28th, boom done. Then he went back and talked to their techs and they told him the Fox Struts on the Raptor were not nitrogen serviceable and not rebuild-able. I guess that I will not be having them work on my truck... kinda sucks but if they don't know they are serviceable then they have probably not ever worked on any of them.

I have all the equipment, minus the nitrogen tank, I would be just as well to do it in my shop.

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Aaron said:

They're not hard to rebuild at all, and there's a DIY guide in the suspension section. You don't need a very big N2 tank to do the job either. One of those little power tanks will do quite a few shocks.

at 82k it's definitely time to do a full refresh on the ol' shocks. You can also add schrader valves to them so they are easier to service in the future. In the stock config you need the fox needle fill too in order to fill them.

There's a few shock rebuilders on here that you can send your shocks to to get them done if you don't want to mess with it as well.

If you've got questions on DIY feel free to PM me as well.

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Beallen25 said:

Yeah I have been studying the DIY Rebuild for a few days, because I was sold on this Shock Exchange deal until I looked at the shipping price to get the struts from TN to CA and back... There are a few things that are not super clear to me so I may take you up on that offer, but over all it looks pretty easy. And the most expensive part is the nitrogen fill hardware

Side bar question, why are there not schrader valves that have the same thread pitch as the stock needle fill valves? I mean drilling and tapping them is no the end of the world, I have the drill press and tapes, but I would pay 4x more to get schrader valve that I do not have to start cutting on my shocks!

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Aaron said:

Forged sells some schrader valves that fit the stock thread pitch. I want to say they're $80. I just did mine myself though. It took about 10 mins with the shocks apart

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Beallen25 said:

How did I miss that?! I have been going scorched earth on my hunt for stock thread pitch schrader valves and they were at the same place as the rebuild kits I was planning to order...



Appreciate the help! This is one of the more useful forums I have ran across, but I also own a bunch of Subarus so you can guess what I have been dealing with LOL.

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