Thread: Rear shock absorber

Originally Posted by CBH25

I drove around for a week without shocks in to diagnose the squeaks I was trying to get rid of. No problems at all. Felt a bit seasick at times though.......

Does that mean the shocks don't work hard in EAS vehicles. 200,000km life in an EAS vehicle is not usual in my experience.

I was replacing D4 shocks by about 65K. Shock life has very much to do with where, how loaded and how fast the vehicle is driven. 100 kph on country roads isn't kind to shocks.

Originally Posted by rar110

Does that mean the shocks don't work hard in EAS vehicles. 200,000km life in an EAS vehicle is not usual in my experience.

as Graham says, depends on usage.

The difference with air as a spring medium is it has no resistance during expansion - while inflated and without load, the bellows will continue to expand until it pops off the piston!! Unlike a coil which as you know expands to its set length. Shocks for air springs are valved differently to provide little resistance during compression and heaps of resistance during expansion.

I remember conversations about EAS in the classic RR years ago where guys complained about the ride quality, when quizzed about the shock they were using aftermarket coil spec units...

I've been wondering if there were any Konis that fit the rear of my 2010.
If and when they need replacing Konis would be nice.

Hi all,
Just refresh that l have now replaced the shocks with Belstein and did with ease.

Thanks to all for advise. Now working on doing the front struts when get enough money. Then ready for Cape York.

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Originally Posted by landie56

Hi all,
Just refresh that l have now replaced the shocks with Belstein and did with ease.

Thanks to all for advise. Now working on doing the front struts when get enough money. Then ready for Cape York.

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Notice any change in ride quality with the bilsteins?

Cheers Paul

I am thinking of replacing the back suspension bits for the first time at 280+km before towing the Quantum in and out from the Geographic Centre of the Simpson in July. The front was done last year after popping a bag on the French Line, this was fairly straight forward.
How are the Bilsteins? I travel at about 3.4T constantly and about 5.5T with the camper. The originals seam to have coped well enough though.
Chris.

I thought the originals are actually bilstein??