2017 shock rebuild question

[gpaint6]

I bought my 2017 truck about four months ago. The dealership said they rebuilt the shocks as it had 153,000 km From day I didn’t think that it had been done I wasn’t sure I just thought that maybe that’s how those trucks drove , Until the day I was on the highway for the first time doing 120 K every bump I hit was almost shooting me off the road . I’ve been driving it long enough to know that it’s getting dangerous. Should there be tooling marks on the shocks? As there was none when I inspected them. They’re also leaking oil

 

[Nex]

Welcome to FRF.

They could have replaced them. Blue tops are fairly cheap.

The real question is, what are your tire pressures set to?

 

[gpaint6]

40 psi

 

[Nex]

40 psi

There's your problem. Drop them to 34F and 32R.

 

[gpaint6]

They also leaking , I’ve only put 6000 km on it since I bought it

 

[Nex]

You could still have shock issues, especially with one leaking oil. But I would start with tire pressures and retest. Also, tire load rating could be off.

 

[gpaint6]

There's your problem. Drop them to 34F and 32R.

I’ll give it a try

 

[The Car Stereo Company]

leaking oil means they are blown. but being a consummable item, there are several factors that come into play. i see your truck is dirty. offroading definitely diminishes the life of the shock. and hard hits can cause them to blow and leak. only you can determine if what you did caused it, or if it was a defect in the rebuild

 

[gpaint6]

You could still have shock issues, especially with one leaking oil. But I would start with tire pressures and retest. Also, tire load rating could be off.

Thank you for the quick response to my question I’ve never been on a forum before.. G

 

[Nex]

I believe I have seen members (giggity) have good luck getting blue tops off of Rock Auto vs Tasca.