Thread: Discovery shock mounts

What model D1 or D2

sorry, 1998 D1

Not sure i get the question ? put more bush's in or washers , top or bottom, front or rear ? You dont need to squash the daylights out of them.

IMO, the amount of compression in the shockie mounting rubbers, is the least likely cause of vibration in the steering.

OK this may not be correct for your problem but this is what i did.

Because of my lift, i needed to go for a certain length shock now to do this i put D1 top and bottom shock mounts on my D2, thats a D1 SHOCK TOWER and a D1 bottom plate so my shocks are pin to pin in the front now.

After driving around i found that i had a slight vibration coming from the front (i had a vibration from buggered unis that was fixed) so to have this back was strange, it ended up being the shocks not being tightened up hard enough, or squashing the rubber hard enough, so i tightened them up as much as i dare and bingo no vibration, so the guy in the UK could be right.

IMHO it can't hurt to try thicker rubber or tightening them up more.

Hope this helps.

Baz.

did you tighten the top nut as well? can this be buggered by overtightening?

Originally Posted by chev28

did you tighten the top nut as well? can this be buggered by overtightening?

Yep top and bottom, i didn't need to tighten it too much, not as much as the bottm nut, it solved my problem but mine is a differant situation being that mine is a D2.

Baz.

Originally Posted by chev28

Just having a look at some UK archives and one bloke found that the mounting rubbers in his shock absorbers (Monroe) were not compressed enough by the washers so he had to put in more. This lead to steering vibration (which I am still chasing down). Is there a way of checking for this easily?

Thanks

Steering vibration or "steering wheel wobble" can be linked to a few different things.

1. Firstly check wheel balance. If OK and/or problem persists......

2. Check Panhard Rod bushes and bolts. Replace as necessary.

3. Check Radius arm bushes and steering dampener.

4. If steering wheel wobble is still evident check swivel pin bearing preload. Loose bearings in the swivel housings will cause steering "wobble".
The fix is usually as simple as removing a shim or 2 to correct the preload.
If the wear is extreme, replace bearings in swivel housings (top and bottom)

HTH