Jounce bumper fell off; shock bushing destroyed
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Jounce bumper fell off; shock bushing destroyed
Crawled under my right front corner to track down the source of some rattling I was hearing and came across a completely destroyed lower shock bushing. I also noticed that my jounce bumper was missing. I replaced the cracked one on that corner of the truck a couple years ago and I know I installed the new one correctly, but Michigan's roads/potholes were apparently brutal enough to destroy and evacuate the new one pretty quickly.
Could the lack of a jounce bumper/bump stop have caused the shock bushing failure? I'm wondering if the shock was bottoming out and the lower bushing was essentially taking the place of the bump stop.
Could the lack of a jounce bumper/bump stop have caused the shock bushing failure? I'm wondering if the shock was bottoming out and the lower bushing was essentially taking the place of the bump stop.
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Looking at the way the A-arm is polished under the LH side, you can tell these bumpers get some good use, and with potholes being worse at the edge of the roads, the RH side would see even more punishment.
Last edited by aresf11; 01-03-2019 at 09:27 AM.
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My opinon is that unless you're replacing your worn out coil springs at the same time, don't bother.
Last edited by aresf11; 05-18-2021 at 08:59 PM.