yes, before i put it all back together i checked to make sure that the bumpstops were bottoming out before the shocks were, and they did, so im just thinking that there may be a flaw in these shocks....i replaced them april 17th, and it sat since the last weekend in april because the motor was toast, maybe because it sat for awhile the seal stuck to the shaft and started leaking?? the shaft wasnt even dirty or rusty, so im at a total lack of ideas as to whats up with them, and it was only the drivers side that was leaking, the right side was fine....i also noticed when i exchanged the shocks that the design of the upper tube was a bit different, much smaller diameter....maybe there was a issue with the quality or design or something, and they changed it a bit....both were same part #'s stamped into the tubes, but the batch #'s were different on the boxes that i kept from my old ones compaired to the new #'s....