My rear shocks were shot for a year before I noticed

Last month I finally crawled under my 2004 Tacoma to chase a clunk that got worse every week. Turns out both rear shocks were leaking and the bushings were basically gone. I drove around like that for a year, maybe 8,000 miles, and the truck actually rode fine on pavement. It wasn't until I took it on a gravel road outside of Bend that the rear end started skipping sideways. Cost me $220 for a set of Bilsteins and about 3 hours in my driveway. I check my front suspension all the time but completely ignored the rear. Has anyone else found that rear components wear out silently while the front gets all the attention?

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craig.tessa2d ago

Damn, that made me rethink my whole checklist. Rear's been ignored way too long.