Help: One Broken Rear Shock, One Bent Rear Shock
Posted: Tue Jan 14, 2020 7:19 pm
I was hearing a knocking sound from the rear suspension so I decided to raise the car to see what I could find. As soon as the driver side rear tire was off the ground, I heard a sound like something leaking.
This is what I found on the driver side rear suspension. The noise I heard when lifting the rear of the car was oil squirting out of the top of the shock. When I was removing the shock, I found the bushings were essentially gone, just a crumbling gooey mess (see pic). The shock on the driver’s side was broken.
I removed the shock on the passenger side to replace the bushings but found this shock bent.
As a note the rear springs are 350#. I know others have said they have experienced broken shocks on their Callaway coilover suspensions. Is the bent and/or broken shock an inherent issue in the Callaway coilover set up or is the result of bushings that disintegrated?
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This is what I found on the driver side rear suspension. The noise I heard when lifting the rear of the car was oil squirting out of the top of the shock. When I was removing the shock, I found the bushings were essentially gone, just a crumbling gooey mess (see pic). The shock on the driver’s side was broken.
I removed the shock on the passenger side to replace the bushings but found this shock bent.
As a note the rear springs are 350#. I know others have said they have experienced broken shocks on their Callaway coilover suspensions. Is the bent and/or broken shock an inherent issue in the Callaway coilover set up or is the result of bushings that disintegrated?
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