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I put class 8 shocks on the front of my 06 LMTV, about $50 each and they seem fine.
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TF Texas, What is the extended length?
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About 3 inches too short, I made an extension. Seem great for road use.
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See the post right above it.
Those are the ICON's that Seth had made for his M1079.
He's on here as "Adventure Driven"
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I don't have the numbers anymore but they were the longest class 8 that monroe makes with the correct bolt diameter.
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Can you provider more specifics on these shocks? Thank you.
I just realized that this list skips the models that we need 901-100-39 and 901-100-40 perhaps anyone has the Monroe or Gabriel drop in replacement part so we can see if any other matches on this list ?
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Any updates as to a reasonable replacement shock with a manufacture and part number?? The Fox shocks are MIA now
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according to the parts spread sheet..... apparently someone has used the below with some success
| Shocks M1078-A0 | Monroe Magnum | 65485 |
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Saw a guy on FB that was running King 2.5 Smoothie Bypass.
I think the Kings he ran were 21.25” compressed and 35.25" extended.
Stock LMTV shocks are 20.94” compressed and 33.26” extended.
No info on valving.
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Ian on FB is the fellow running the Kings.
His is an RV build and he also has some sort of air-bag support going on.
His is an RV build and he also has some sort of air-bag support going on.
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discussion seems there seems to point out that the reason the 2.5? inch shock he ordered works is because of the air bags theoretically acting as additional load/shock benefit. The other ones King made (but stopped?) for these trucks were larger diameter pistons??.. 3 or 3.5 if recall right.
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I am thinking the air bags were more to compensate all the added weight to maintain ride height on his build… In the end Springs don't necessarily dampen motion energy, they store and release it and some energy is lost in the conversion and release.
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agree the initial intent was to compensate for additional load. Was under impression their addition also factored into the shock decisions. Could be (likely am) wrong though.
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Quick question I think belongs here. What trucks came with passive suspension vs active suspension? If you truck has Active suspension should you do after market shocks?
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None of the trucks came with active suspension. They did some tests with active suspension, but I am not aware of any actually being fielded…
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I wish I could lay hands on the active suspension.... I saw a video of it somewhere and it looked awesome.