# Suspention **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussion\ **Tags:** ford\ **Created:** [May 13, 2014, 11:30pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/suspention/85012 "2014-05-13T23:30:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Climber](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9dc877/32.png) [@Climber](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Climber)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2014, 11:30pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/suspention/85012/1 "2014-05-13T23:30:18Z")
I came home from work and noticed that the shock on my front, passenger side was leaking. I replaced the whole strut assembly. Do I need to replace the other side as well? What will happen if I don’t? My truck is a 2005 F150. ---
**Author:** ![texases](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/texases/32/862_2.png) [@texases](https://community.cartalk.com/u/texases)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2014, 11:35pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/suspention/85012/2 "2014-05-13T23:35:27Z")
I would, you want both sides of the front suspension to react the same over bumps and curves. Odd handling could otherwise result, not a good thing. ---
**Author:** ![VDCdriver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/vdcdriver/32/30_2.png) [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2014, 11:54pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/suspention/85012/3 "2014-05-13T23:54:25Z")
+1 to texases’ recommendation. On a 9 year old vehicle both struts have gotten a lot of wear, and in addition to the probability that the other strut will also start leaking soon, the immediate problem would be a ride that is very much unbalanced, and handling that could be…unpredictable. ---
**Author:** ![bing](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/bing/32/4619_2.png) [@bing](https://community.cartalk.com/u/bing)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2014, 12:40am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/suspention/85012/4 "2014-05-14T00:40:11Z")
Agree, plus you need to get an alignment anyway. Why do it twice when the other side goes which may not be far behind. ---
**Author:** ![the\_same\_mountainbike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@the\_same\_mountainbike](https://community.cartalk.com/u/the_same_mountainbike)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2014, 4:21am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/suspention/85012/5 "2014-05-14T04:21:15Z")
+2 to Texases comment. The others made good points as well. ---
**Author:** ![insightful](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/insightful/32/2732_2.png) [@insightful](https://community.cartalk.com/u/insightful)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2014, 4:38am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/suspention/85012/6 "2014-05-14T04:38:12Z")
Contrary view: Pay close attention to how your truck reacts to suspension motions. Go to a parking lot and do some quick left-right zigs and zags, with and without braking. Any difference? How about going over straight-ahead bumps - any difference in how each front corner reacts? If no difference, I see no need. I had a dealer replace one front strut on a car once. He said it’d be fine, and it was. ---
**Author:** ![Caddyman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/caddyman/32/23_2.png) [@Caddyman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Caddyman)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2014, 6:57am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/suspention/85012/7 "2014-05-16T06:57:57Z")
Your truck is 10 years old…Replace all 4 shocks, leaking or not…You will not not believe the ride and handling improvement… ---
**Author:** ![the\_same\_mountainbike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@the\_same\_mountainbike](https://community.cartalk.com/u/the_same_mountainbike)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2014, 7:08am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/suspention/85012/8 "2014-05-16T07:08:43Z")
+1 to Caddyman’s post. ---
**Author:** ![PvtPublic](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/pvtpublic/32/13089_2.png) [@PvtPublic](https://community.cartalk.com/u/PvtPublic)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2014, 8:28pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/suspention/85012/9 "2014-05-17T20:28:54Z")
Would you just replace one shoe because it looked worn but the other one didn’t . Replace just one shock because of leaking it’s almost guaranteed the other side will start leaking in a couple weeks. Or at least that’s they way my luck would run. ---
**Author:** ![JoeMario](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/3bc359/32.png) [@JoeMario](https://community.cartalk.com/u/JoeMario)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2014, 11:17pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/suspention/85012/10 "2014-05-17T23:17:14Z")
+2 to Caddyman’s post.