Lobster
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So I bought some shiny new deCarbons, fitted them and everything seemed ok with the world. Round corners they seem ok but over potholes I get a metallic knocking noise - not a massive noise but I'm picky and I noticed it.
So as I had an hour spare I pulled one of the new shocks off and had a bit of a look at it. In my haste to fit the new ones, the old ones got their ass slung in the bin to be covered in a carpet of cat litter and other undesireables. I got them back out as well.
Heres a photo to compare the two -
Seems the new one is a bit shorter. It fits properly and everything and the length between the two mounting points on the car are the same but the actual body of the shocker is shorter. Similarly, the thread that faces the rear isn't as long.
This means that there are only rubber bushes on one side of the rear mounting hole. If I'm right (and who knows?) then I reckon there should be another bush on the rear of the rearmost mounting so that there is a rubber bush on either side of it.
Heres a picture so you know what I'm banging on about -
Haynes Book Of Lies seems to suggest that there should be a mounting on either side as well, have a fuzzy picture as 'proof'
But, the thread just isn't long enough to accomodate a rubber bush as well as the fixing bolt behind the rear mounting.
Over to you - is this the wrong shock absorber or am I missing something?
So as I had an hour spare I pulled one of the new shocks off and had a bit of a look at it. In my haste to fit the new ones, the old ones got their ass slung in the bin to be covered in a carpet of cat litter and other undesireables. I got them back out as well.
Heres a photo to compare the two -
Seems the new one is a bit shorter. It fits properly and everything and the length between the two mounting points on the car are the same but the actual body of the shocker is shorter. Similarly, the thread that faces the rear isn't as long.
This means that there are only rubber bushes on one side of the rear mounting hole. If I'm right (and who knows?) then I reckon there should be another bush on the rear of the rearmost mounting so that there is a rubber bush on either side of it.
Heres a picture so you know what I'm banging on about -
Haynes Book Of Lies seems to suggest that there should be a mounting on either side as well, have a fuzzy picture as 'proof'
But, the thread just isn't long enough to accomodate a rubber bush as well as the fixing bolt behind the rear mounting.
Over to you - is this the wrong shock absorber or am I missing something?