Bad front passenger side shock absorber?

[21st Century Truck]

My truck rides smoothly without any shaking, whether towing or not, and at any speed.

Sounds to me like something is off on Your truck's suspension.

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[DerMot]

Here is a quick shock test -- hard to do on a truck, but wondering if someone else can share a similar video of theirs?

 

[blb228]

Chiming in to say that I felt the suspension of my 2024 Flash start to become less supportive at about 10,000 miles. I'm currently at ~22,000 miles and hitting the same dips in the road that I've hit previously result in much harsher suspension action and I even bottom out sometimes where I never did before. After contemplating/seeing if the Ford Dealer would do anything, I decided I didn't want to have stock replacements and I wanted to try to mimic the sleek feel of my Eibach suspended '95 SHO.....yes, that 4-door family sedan that I fortunately was obsessed with in my teens and had 3 of!
I recently bought Eibach dampers, Eibach Springs, Hellwig front anti-sway bar and Mevotech links. Just need to figure out which springs I'm using (if I'll use both front and rear) and what perch to set the dampers at to get my desired feel!

 

[Heliian]

hitting the same dips in the road that I've hit previously

Roads are quite flexible and the contours change with various environmental factors.

 

[blb228]

Roads are quite flexible and the contours change with various environmental factors.

#facts - and shock absorbers also gradually lose damping capacity with use, which is what I described. Thanks for chiming in.

 

[DerMot]

#facts - and shock absorbers also gradually lose damping capacity with use, which is what I described. Thanks for chiming in.

New truck as of November. Figured I’d get a few good years out of them. The 4Runner run 17years before shocks went.

 

[DavidS]

Did your Lightning get its upper control arm ball joint nuts checked under the recall last year? I would visually inspect them to see if both sides look consistent.

 

[DerMot]

Did your Lightning get its upper control arm ball joint nuts checked under the recall last year? I would visually inspect them to see if both sides look consistent.

Thanks for the tip and photo, both sides look at/the same. Pretty heavy duty stuff under there

 

[Heliian]

#facts - and shock absorbers also gradually lose damping capacity with use, which is what I described. Thanks for chiming in.

They do, but after over 100000kms on mine driving some of the shittiest roads out there they still work great. Most people don't even notice until the shock completely blows out.

 

[blb228]

They do, but after over 100000kms on mine driving some of the shittiest roads out there they still work great. Most people don't even notice until the shock completely blows out.

Interesting, much different experience I'm having. What inch wheels are you running/tires and pressures? I did go from 20 inch wheels to 22s and run between 36 and 44 PSI depending on what the truck and I are up to. I would bet the lower profile tires translate to more absorber work and 'wearing out' more quickly.... I bet we can find trends, and of course their are outliers-

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