Rancho Front Shock help

[Paradiddle]

So I'm attempting to install my RS9000X shocks (that have been in the garage for months) and of course - they are wrong.

Blaine and I chatted about specs and I spent some time on Rancho's web site.

I found three PNs that seem to have the 11" travel I'm looking for and have a stem (code s42) up top:

RS99234 - 10.8" travel
RS99238 - 11.375" travel
RS99251 - 10.8" travel

None of these have a cross pin (code XP5) on the bottom. In fact, I can't find a Rancho shock with +10" of travel that DOES have a cross pin. These shocks come with a pressed in metal sleeve. Of course I can remove the sleeve, but I'd really like to find a shock with a cross pin.

I'm running a Currie 4" lift - what Rancho shocks are you guys running up front - I only need NEW RS9000X numbers - I know the correct 9000 number (which I can't get anymore). Currie's catalog shows their part number 9151 but the Rancho 99151 has lame specs (6" travel, with bushings in both ends).

Thanks for any help.

Jeff

[Stu Olson]

Jeff,

I honestly can't say that any of my Rancho shocks ever came with a bar pin (cross pin).

I have some 9017's sitting in the garage. They are 10" travel, now the 99017's are listed as 9.625" (Robert told me the new nine way valves use up a little more internal space). They are S42 on top and L1 (bar pins) on the bottom.

They worked nicely for me on my previous lift.

edit: they are abotu 25" extended and 15" compressed

[Paradiddle]

Originally posted by Stu Olson
Jeff,

I honestly can't say that any of my Rancho shocks ever came with a bar pin (cross pin).

I have some 9017's sitting in the garage. They are 10" travel, now the 99017's are listed as 9.625" (Robert told me the new nine way valves use up a little more internal space). They are S42 on top and L1 (bar pins) on the bottom.

They worked nicely for me on my previous lift.

edit: they are abotu 25" extended and 15" compressed

What do you want for them?

[Stu Olson]

Jeff.....right now, I am not looking to sell them. I was just quoting you the specs from them so you might be able to find something that would fit. If I decide to change back to a softer spring (which would also be a little shorter than what I now have), I'll be using them again.

I did check....they are 16" and 26" for their lengths.

[Tumbleweed]

Jeff, any chance you can just knock out the bushing and replace with a cross bar type?

[Paradiddle]

Originally posted by Tumbleweed
Jeff, any chance you can just knock out the bushing and replace with a cross bar type?

Stu - sorry for assuming you wanted to sell them - just wishful thinking

Yea - that is what I'll end up doing. The bushing will need to be pressed out - it is in there big time - and those cross pins that you insert never seem to work as well as the factory installed ones.

I don't really want to go to a BPE.

Thanks,

Jeff

[William]

Originally posted by Paradiddle
I don't really want to go to a BPE.

Why not?

[Scott Hill]

I run 9110 the came with a pin and no sleave.

Scott

PS
the pin is a be-atch to get in use some white grease or something.

[mrblaine]

Originally posted by William
Why not?

If you take a shock that has for example- 10" of travel. Typically in a TJ that will leave you around 4" of uptravel. Putting in a BPE will take away over an inch of that leaving you with either a too long shock or hunting for new shocks. Run them at both ends and you now have shocks that are 2+ inches too long on the compression side.