Road King Shocks

I also purchase six shocks myself for my Peterbilt about 3 years ago and i do have to say the're not cheap but they are so worth the money . The ride improvement is huge compare to any other shock I have had on my truck over the years, right now I have around 300,000 miles on my shocks and have notice that I do get better tire mileage like they said I would. before I used to purchase Monroe shocks once a year and they were worn out way before 100,000 miles and rode terrible so at least to for me I think I'll take a little bad costumer service any day then go back to any other shock and I'm sorry to hear about your shocks and your bad costumer service, the strange thing to me is that all your 6 shocks were leaking because I have not had that problem maybe faulty seals are to blame...

 

When you first put them on you need to hang on to your old ones.. You will need to bolt them back on when rebuild time comes.

I wish the Road Kings would use rubber or even urethane bushings the way my cheap Gabriels do. At least for the steers it's nice to not feel every crack in the pavement I drive over.

 

i got mine with no prob. back n july sometime. the back road rough as hell for a while i guess i had to break them n rides fine now

 

Old thread I know, but just bought 4 Gabriel adjustable for the drive axles at $180 shipped off of ebay. All are new in box & have not installed as of this post. Monroes at local KW dealer were $250. The last set of Monroes I had were on the steer axle & leaked from the first month on. Replaced a year later with the standard OEM Gabriel & no issues.

All that said, have replaced cab & steer shocks in the past & can never tell a difference ride wise. The only improvement is aesthetics getting rid of the old & replacing with new.

 

10/4 Do you know how many Monro's you can buy for $2000.00?

 

That's weird my experience over multiple trucks is that the Gabriels all ride like garbage and don't last. Especially the blue gas ones, they leak after a few weeks and seize up solid. Switch to Munroe and instantly notice how much nicer the truck rides, and they last much longer too. The Gabriels seem to have a nasty hop to them.

 

The KW shop is saying they are having as good of luck with Monroe as anything else they have ever sold(Gabriel/TRP). The Western Star shop is saying that Monroe consolidated its product line to make one shock fit multiple applications.

Think it probably comes down to which supplier cuts the best deal to the retailers in terms of their opinions.

My personal experience was written above. Have not(to date) had a Gabriel shock leak or fail like Monroe did. All 6 plus the two cab shocks on the truck will be Gabriel. Will see how it goes.

 

My experience with Gabriels was not that great.. I had one of those 3-way adjustable not leaking but not working either. Dealer refused to replace because there were no signs of leak. Monroes all around and the ride is way better..

 

I pulled off my roadkings and went with monroe magnum 65's.
They ride softer and are way cheaper...