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    Bad Shocks?

    How can you tell if you have bad shocks? Besides leaks?

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    if the truck starts to get real floaty going over bumps then they are starting to go
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    Quote Originally Posted by djfllmn View Post
    if the truck starts to get real floaty going over bumps then they are starting to go
    then mine are good haha the back ones like bounce up and down 3 times if you push on the back bumper

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ford Fan#1 View Post
    then mine are good haha the back ones like bounce up and down 3 times if you push on the back bumper

    they are shot then...any more than 1.5 bounces
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    ^^^^x2

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    Quote Originally Posted by djfllmn View Post
    they are shot then...any more than 1.5 bounces
    ah, the front ones look newer usually you would change them all

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    Also if your truck does a big nose-dive when you hit the brakes even remotely hard, the front ones are bad.

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    Quote Originally Posted by RhinoZ24 View Post
    Also if your truck does a big nose-dive when you hit the brakes even remotely hard, the front ones are bad.
    then the front ones have been replaced. So I only have to buy 2! Thanks!!

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