When I was out driving the 'vert the other day, I noticed an unusual squeaky rattle.
My girlfriend, Merrilyn was with me at the time and wanted to know how I heard the unusual squeaky rattle over all the other usual squeaky rattles. I made the appropriate response.:coffee:
Anyway, I suspected the lower shock mount on the rear left and when I jacked up the car, I saw that I was correct.
It had come loose where it bolts to the axle housing. I had a spare, so I thought I'd just remove and replace it. It was really hard to get off, as the thread was damaged by the movement. Then having removed it from the axle housing and then from bottom of the shock absorber, I notice that the excessive movement had stretched the rubber doughnut shaped bush in shock absorber.
Other than the stretching, the bush appeared to be undamaged, so I thought I'd use a short lenght of half inch heater hose to slide over the shock mount to take up the slack. The I.D. of the hose was perfect, but the O.D. was a little too big for the shock bush to slide over. My hi-tech solution was to take my trusty Swiss Army knife (made in Korea) and take a layer or two off the outside of the heater hose.
With a little silicone lube, it all went back together and again fits nice and snug.
That heater hose is handy stuff.
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