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excossack

Member Since: 22 Feb 2012
Location: North West
Posts: 5843

1999 Defender 110 Td5 SW Caledonian Blue

Rear axle lower shock bushes

Should the rear axle lower shock bushes be tight up against the lower shock mount (if that makes sense) when I rock the car, I can see the lower shock rubbers move in and out the mount. 1999 Defender TD5 110

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John M0VAZ
Econet Station 48 no clock

13th May 2019 7:52am

blackwolf

Member Since: 03 Nov 2009
Location: South West England
Posts: 17361

2007 Defender 110 Puma 2.4 DCPU Stornoway Grey

Yes, they should. They wear very quickly, and I have found that sometimes it is helpful to add a penny washer on either side of the mount (put the washers between the two rubbers, not on the outside of the rubbers). This effectively thickens the mount and seems to improve the situation. It also can't be seen at MOT time so it doesn't look as though you're trying to mask defective rubbers.

13th May 2019 9:15am

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