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Old Oct 21, 2002 | 09:35 PM
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are my shocks bad?

every morning when i back out of my driveway, there is a loud clunk on the passenger rear tire that i hear i am barely doing 5 mph. also i hear it when i hit a bump. could the shocks be bad? fro:
Old Oct 21, 2002 | 10:04 PM
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Re: are my shocks bad?

Originally posted by bluman3
every morning when i back out of my driveway, there is a loud clunk on the passenger rear tire that i hear i am barely doing 5 mph. also i hear it when i hit a bump. could the shocks be bad? fro:
Could be. Jack it up. Check for any oil around the piston/shock body. Do the bounce test, although this doesn't mean much.

How many miles?

It could also be one of a few rubber bushings and pieces in the rear shock assembly. But if you're going to remove everything and the miles are high, I'd just replace everything if I were you...

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Old Oct 22, 2002 | 05:39 PM
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Re: Re: are my shocks bad?

i have about 82,000 miles. i did the bounce test, it stopped bouncing after one bounce.

Originally posted by rmb


Could be. Jack it up. Check for any oil around the piston/shock body. Do the bounce test, although this doesn't mean much.

How many miles?

It could also be one of a few rubber bushings and pieces in the rear shock assembly. But if you're going to remove everything and the miles are high, I'd just replace everything if I were you...

-RMB
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