hey guys, i have a rancho steering stabilizer on my truck and i want to put a boot on it because it is getting a lot of damage from rocks. my question, will a regular shock boot fit on it or is there a special boot for them?

 

If I remember correctly, the Rancho steering stabilizer is just an RS5000 in disguise. Can anyone back me up on this?

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I've heard something similar to that. I heard that it is a specially valved shock to operate properly at that angle.

Yes a regular boot will work.

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y2kboti

 

ok cool, thanks a lot guys!

 

You cannot take a regular RS5000 shock and just use it as a steering stabilizer. You must use their special 5000 shock for that purpose. The steering stabilizer shocks are valved completely differently, to give the same amount of dampening either way you compress or extend it. This is very different from a regular shock.

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'97 F-150 4x4 SC SB 4.6L. Riding on 265/75R16 AT's. ProComp 3000 shocks, and Steering Stabilizer. Add-a-Leafs and rear block lift, torsion lift. Side Bars and pushbar with dual Fog/driving lights. WMS Intake, Gibson SS exhaust and Superchip!

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