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Unread 11-23-2008, 06:50 PM   #1
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found out what was poppin under my jeep..help please?
ok so my rough country shocks that have a whole 100 miles on them have the rubber bushings out of them. I am going to be calling rough country tomorrow and asking for a fix. do they make heavy duty shock bushings, or do you have to replace the shocks??? this jeep has been drove on the highway, and on a gravel road like 2 times since the lift.

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Unread 11-23-2008, 06:57 PM   #2
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ok so my rough country shocks that have a whole 100 miles on them have the rubber bushings out of them. I am going to be calling rough country tomorrow and asking for a fix. do they make heavy duty shock bushings, or do you have to replace the shocks??? this jeep has been drove on the highway, and on a gravel road like 2 times since the lift.
People are going to say get BPEs. Im going to say get a pack of red poly shock bushings from your local performance shop and call it a day.
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Unread 11-23-2008, 06:58 PM   #3
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my procomps need new upper bushings in the rear. sucks we go jeepin and u hear bang bang haha my buddy owns a performance shopa nd he can get prothane full urithane bushings a full cherokee kit for like 120 or somehting in that range. thats every bushing on the jeep even cab bushings. www.cimotorsports.net

hes ordering me a set this week. shipping is quick also hit him up.
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Unread 11-23-2008, 06:59 PM   #4
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ok so my rough country shocks that have a whole 100 miles on them have the rubber bushings out of them. I am going to be calling rough country tomorrow and asking for a fix. do they make heavy duty shock bushings, or do you have to replace the shocks??? this jeep has been drove on the highway, and on a gravel road like 2 times since the lift.
I sure hope my shocks dont do that:

They'd better replace them with either replacements or bushings...if not they fail

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Unread 11-23-2008, 07:42 PM   #5
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buy quality shocks and you wont have that problem.
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Unread 11-23-2008, 08:27 PM   #6
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buy quality shocks and you wont have that problem.
kinda on a budget on this rig.......catch my drift?
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Unread 11-24-2008, 07:33 AM   #7
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from my understanding/experience, overtightening will cause premature failure of the bushing...
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Unread 11-24-2008, 07:35 AM   #8
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I agree with the buy new buhings and call it a day idea. Stuff happens, and buhings are cheap.
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Unread 11-26-2008, 09:39 PM   #9
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rough country sent me some newer heavier duty ones at no cost and they arrived pretty much over night. I love these guys' customer service.
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Unread 11-27-2008, 07:08 PM   #10
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rough country sent me some newer heavier duty ones at no cost and they arrived pretty much over night. I love these guys' customer service.
I had the same experience. I bought the 3" lift with full packs and they came with the shocks in the package. I had heard that they had a bad set of bushings, and I probably put 2000 miles on my Jeep on country roads before mine went out. I thought I got lucky and had the good batch of bushings, but nooo...lol.

I called Jason the next day and he sent me 4 new ones right away. When I changed the shocks, all 4 of the ones I took off wouldn't even push themselves back out. No wonder it road like ****.

Their customer service is second to none, and that's why I will do business with them again.

Oh... first post here...lol.
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Unread 11-27-2008, 07:25 PM   #11
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x2, jason is a great guy to do business with.

Not all shocks push the rod out on there own. I have no experience with rough country shocks but I would guess they dont.
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Unread 11-27-2008, 08:24 PM   #12
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x2, jason is a great guy to do business with.

Not all shocks push the rod out on there own. I have no experience with rough country shocks but I would guess they dont.
Well the new ones I got were wired down, and they were hard as hell to compress enough to get them in, so i think they were suppose to.
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