Rear end vibration

[Damonski]

Hi all,

Since coming back from Peterboroughs event Ive noticed a sort of vibration coming from the rear of my Disco,

From what I have found and poked around with I think its these shock absorber lower rubber mounts.

Where would be the best place to buy suitable replacements?  and what sort of a job is it to complete?

Cheers!

[Matt_H]

I doubt the rubbers would be the cause - but I'm no expert!  It could be smoething simple like a wheel weight come off, although you don;t tend to notice too mcuh vibration from there - also worth checking out ts the rear prop as I found out recently.

The rubbers aren't too difficult to replace as such, but if the nuts are rusted solid to the dampers and you can't get them off then it will be a problem.  Can't rem if the rear ones swivel when yuo try and undue the nuts, if they do it means you have to grab the damper body with a big set of grips which normally will distort or squash the unit.

Can't really tell from the pic but the washers don't look domed - they should dome outwards (it looks the wrnog way round) so that the middle is the most sqaushed bit - they shouldn't be sqaushed flat though, just enough to to hold  everything firmly in place.

M

[gords]

Can't rem if the rear ones swivel when yuo try and undue the nuts

Oh yes, they most certainly do

Luckily, I was taking mine off to replace them as I couldn't see a non-damaging way to get them (shock absorbers) off!

[Matt_H]

I only had half a one on one side - the middle half was missing!!  (ok so that leaves 2 x 1/4 shocks) :lol:

I remember it was a pig of a job, but my disco I think may have ran on salty water when it was with its previous owners!

Feed it WD40 for a few days and give it a try, they *may* come off!

M

[Damonski]

uururrgggggg :( This isnt sounding too good.

Well will have to get some sleep now and see what the weathers like tomorrow.

I am tending to think its these because the rubber looks flaky and i can waggle the end of the shock thats sticking out the bottom :(

Its a lot more vibration that a wheel weight, and it does it a lot more turning one way than the other, where one rubber looks and feels a lot worse than the other.

 :roll:

[Disco Inferno]

i'd've said that work shocker mounts would cause more of a rattle than a vibration.

try checkign the wheel bearings and prop shaft uj's

[Range Rover Blues]

I had this with a bent propshaft, that in turn happened when the rear diff collapsed at speed.

[drmike]

Can't you hold the shock still using one of those belt oil filter removal tools. I know I use a chain type oil removal wrench to hold the shock while I undo the bottom nut but that does sometimes mark the shocker.

Last time I had to use stilsons and that did crush the casing rather  :)

Mike

[waveydavey]

Where the stud comes out the end of the shocks there should be aset of flats to get a spanner onto to stop them turning. Not always very successful but they should be there.

That said the rubbers would normally outlast the shocks very easily.

[Wanderer]

If you need the rubbers replacing you should be able to get them from your local independant supplier. I bought some for mine and they were literally pence. Something like 35p each.

Ed

[Range Rover Blues]

Or fit polybushes, lovely orange ones, from Paddocks.

[strapping young lad]

i had rear end vibration in my car

turned out to be a loose diff nut which bolted the uj bracket onto the diff

wiggle the prop and see what happens

[Damonski]

Well following a post on the disco owners club forum I just checked the wheel nuts and all of them were on the end of the thread!  :roll:

So the easy solution:

1) Get your torque wrench
2) Tighten wheel nuts
3) Sit back and think of something else to do this morning  :lol:

Cheers all for posts anyway!

[gecko]

ive still got to look at mine