</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Tahoma, Arial, Helv, Helvetica, Sans">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Tahoma, Arial, Helv, Helvetica, Sans"><strong>They don't have any highways here, but do have lots of rough roads...</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Tahoma, Arial, Helv, Helvetica, Sans">I think that might answer your question. The factory shocks were designed for mostly on-pavement conditions. Fatigue and/or frequent topping out of the suspension might have caused the failure. Does the other front shock show signs of fatigue? If not, maybe the one that failed was just defective.