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rear lowererd top shock mounts

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chuggaman:
i use  2 inch lower rear shock mounts too.
when i put procomp +4 shocks on and the rubbers that came with them,they(the rubber bushes) were chewed in 4 weeks.
had polybushes on now for a while and no probs.the longer the droop the more acute the angle of the shock.hence chewing.

i use blue polybushes


mike

colintandy:
:D im guessing that chewing ...is when the shocker is fully stretched and it bends the rod!in the shocker ...or am i miles away

Bulli:
there should be enough movement in the bushes..unless the shock is misaligned..if you bend the rod the shock wont be a damper for long!!!

Range Rover Blues:

--- Quote from: "colintandy" ---:D im guessing that chewing ...is when the shocker is fully stretched and it bends the rod!in the shocker ...or am i miles away
--- End quote ---


If you look at the picture in the first post you should notice that the mounting for the top damper eye is at an angle, the rear dampers splay outwards from the chassis to the axle, so fit at the same angle.  When you have longer dampers and these are extended then that angle decreases, so the top bush particularly gets twisted between the eye and the bolt, where it gets pinched the rubber gets chewed away.

Out of interest, do the bottom rubbers get chewed up too?

Bulli:
the bottom ones are less likely as its a wide doughnut type as per standard fitment

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