Dodge Ram 3500 Shocks & Struts

Choosing a strut

Ram 3500 shocks for a leaf-sprung working rear

The Ram 3500 of these years carries a leaf-sprung rear axle built for payload, often with dual rear wheels, and the shock absorber back there is controlling a spring that is stiff before anything is loaded onto it. That is a different problem from damping a half-ton, and it is why heavy-duty dampers exist as their own thing rather than as a longer version of the same part.

At the front the four-wheel-drive trucks run a solid axle, which travels further and asks for length as well as valving. A steering stabilizer sits alongside the shocks and does a related but separate job here — it damps the steering linkage, which is where a shake after a bump actually comes from. Every item here names the years, drivetrain and ride height it suits, and fronts and rears are listed on their own. The list comes to 51 items.