| Re: Front Shocks, Lower Mounting
I meant to reply to this yesterday but forgot!
The reason the front damper lower rubbers 'walk' out of the damper is because of the slight offset (fore/aft) between the top and bottom damper mounts. As you ride over bumps, the damper tube walks along the rubber bush. It would happen at the top of the damper as well, but it's restrained by the plates that mount it to the chassis. The only fix for this is bushes bonded into the damper eyes. You have no way to do this succesfully as a DIY-er. Throw the damper away, it's too short anyway if you have the RAM advised length and a decent ride height (=low) and get a pair of dampers with rose jointed ends, and fit with some small spacer tubes to make up the difference. I can supply the specs I used if you want them. The ride/noise is not affected significantly enough for you to worry about.
You will have exactly them same issue at the rear, but here you can use thin spacers to line up the top and bottom mountings.
Russ |