Can I drive with stock rear shock on lifted truck?

Ok so I just lifted my truck a little while back with a Fox lift kit from Headstrong Off-road. Unfortunately one of the rear reservoir shocks had a leaking seal and I had to send it back into fox to be repaired.

This wasn’t that big of a deal until it took a lot longer than I thought it would for them to get the shock back to me. So now the shock might not show up until next week sometime and I have to drive across the state for a job that starts on Monday.

So my question is could I just throw my old rear shock on and drive it that far until I can get the Fox shock back on at some point? Or would it even be worth it? Any suggestions would help. This has really turned into a big pain in the ass for me. Thanks

 

If I were in your shoes:

I would just throw the stock shock on. The shocks dont provide lift so if you lose anything it might be some down travel but if you arent offroading shouldnt be a big deal.

Test it out, won't hurt anything.

 

Make sure both shocks in the rear are the same or you could cause damage to the other. What type of leafs do you have?

 

Under normal driving conditions, How?

EDIT: Shocks just dampen bumps and hits in the road, how could one shock damage the other? If anything all it should do is make the ride a bit different. Shocks are always independent cycling, one shouldn't affect the other but will affect overall ride performance.

 

Thanks guys. That’s kinda what I was thinking. I have medium duty Dakar’s in the back and the shock that’s on there now is the 2.0 rear reservoir. So should I just put both stock shocks back on?

 

Do whatever you feel comfortable with.

Rear shock replacement is pretty easy so you should be able to knock both out quick. That said it if was me, I'd just do the one. Your ride performance may be janky as your shocks with be different

 

It might be really janky. I'd do both... You want predictability.

 

Ya thats why I recommended testing it out, put stock shock on and drive around the block, down road whatever and see how it feels.

He does have a sport and stock shocks are different. I had the OR so not a huge difference when I upgraded

 

Yeah I kinda expect it to be a little janky. I’ll only be driving on the highway and maybe some dirt roads but no real off roading. I just don’t want to screw up the other new shock. I’ll probably throw both the old ones on to be safe and see how it goes. Thanks guys

 

Because potholes and squirrels and idiot drivers that make normal driving conditions anything but normal. I'd rather blow up some throw away stock shocks than expensive resis that have to overcompensate for the other side

 

That's not how the suspension works.

Hitting a pothole on the stock suspension side negligibly affects the other side. Not only that aftermarket resi shocks are grossly underutilized in every day driving.

I totally get your point though

 

Well I ended up just putting both of the old ones on. It rode fine just driving around town and the highway but like Joe said I won’t have a lot of down travel. Should work until I get my other one back. Thanks for everybody’s input!

 

lucky if they would actually bolt back on lmao. had the same situation but with all-pro expo leaf. stock shocks were too short