Broken rear shock. What to replace with?

[PhilCod]

Drive side rear shock broke. I have 6,300 + miles of hard butt whipping rocky trail riding on her, so no real surprise. I do not have a live valve, and I did modify my shocks with Bandit tender springs, and Schmidty Racing caps with schrader valves so I could adjust inflation. I'm thinking I should just replace the rear shocks all together. I am thinking about Elka. I had a set of those on a Rincon, and they were fantastic. But if someone has replace the rears with something else, please let me know your input.

 

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[Smitty335]

Drive side rear shock broke. I have 6,300 + miles of hard butt whipping rocky trail riding on her, so no real surprise. I do not have a live valve, and I did modify my shocks with Bandit tender springs, and Schmidty Racing caps with schrader valves so I could adjust inflation. I'm thinking I should just replace the rear shocks all together. I am thinking about Elka. I had a set of those on a Rincon, and they were fantastic. But if someone has replace the rears with something else, please let me know your input.



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I've never thought about running different brands front and rear, so I would base my decision on both front and rear even if you just buy the rears for now.

 

[DRZRon1]

Drive side rear shock broke. I have 6,300 + miles of hard butt whipping rocky trail riding on her, so no real surprise. I do not have a live valve, and I did modify my shocks with Bandit tender springs, and Schmidty Racing caps with schrader valves so I could adjust inflation. I'm thinking I should just replace the rear shocks all together. I am thinking about Elka. I had a set of those on a Rincon, and they were fantastic. But if someone has replace the rears with something else, please let me know your input.



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U can always have it repaired if that’s a thought, any descent shock shop can turn that around with minimal fanfare.


Almost seems like something else is wrong to have the springs rub like that. Just an fyi - the nitrogen just keeps the oil from cavitating.

 

[Hometeam]

Drive side rear shock broke. I have 6,300 + miles of hard butt whipping rocky trail riding on her, so no real surprise. I do not have a live valve, and I did modify my shocks with Bandit tender springs, and Schmidty Racing caps with schrader valves so I could adjust inflation. I'm thinking I should just replace the rear shocks all together. I am thinking about Elka. I had a set of those on a Rincon, and they were fantastic. But if someone has replace the rears with something else, please let me know your input.



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I have a buddy running the stage 5 Elkas on his X and is really happy with them. But I also think Bandit makes a set for the X that are pretty nice and less money than the Elkas.

 

[CID]

Drive side rear shock broke. I have 6,300 + miles of hard butt whipping rocky trail riding on her, so no real surprise. I do not have a live valve, and I did modify my shocks with Bandit tender springs, and Schmidty Racing caps with schrader valves so I could adjust inflation. I'm thinking I should just replace the rear shocks all together. I am thinking about Elka. I had a set of those on a Rincon, and they were fantastic. But if someone has replace the rears with something else, please let me know your input.



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@JWB recently put a full set of Bandit shocks on his X2 for ~$2400 and is very happy with them.