How important is the rubber part that goes between the body and shock assembly?
03-09-2007, 02:08 PM
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How important is the rubber part that goes between the body and shock assembly? Well I found one of the rubber pieces that goes between the shock assembly and body where the towers bolt to inside the engine bay on the ground after my spring install last weekend. How important is this part?
03-09-2007, 02:24 PM
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All I'll say is that nobody is going to spend money on parts that don't matter... even, acutally ESPECIALLY GM. 
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03-10-2007, 01:03 PM
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Originally Posted by speed_demon24
Well I found one of the rubber pieces that goes between the shock assembly and body where the towers bolt to inside the engine bay on the ground after my spring install last weekend. How important is this part?
Is this the piece that goes between the upper control arm and strut tower or the spring perch and upper control arm? If it's the piece with the metal washer like thing built into it that sits between the spring perch and upper conrol arm then you better pull that bastard back apart and put it on. It sits over the stud on the shock and the nut holds it onto the spring perch, if it's not installed one big bump will rip the metal sleeve out of the spring perch and you'll have major issues. The other rubber piece is more of an isolator pad to act as a buffer between the upper control arm and body of the car. Trust me, I learned this the hard way.
Hope that helps!
03-10-2007, 03:11 PM
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Originally Posted by 98-LS1
Is this the piece that goes between the upper control arm and strut tower or the spring perch and upper control arm? If it's the piece with the metal washer like thing built into it that sits between the spring perch and upper conrol arm then you better pull that bastard back apart and put it on. It sits over the stud on the shock and the nut holds it onto the spring perch, if it's not installed one big bump will rip the metal sleeve out of the spring perch and you'll have major issues. The other rubber piece is more of an isolator pad to act as a buffer between the upper control arm and body of the car. Trust me, I learned this the hard way. Hope that helps!
Hope that helps!
03-10-2007, 04:52 PM
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Do you meant this piece that sits inside the mount?
If so, yes, you need that.
The washer goes on top of the shock before you put the spring perch back on. Should look like this...
If so, yes, you need that.
The washer goes on top of the shock before you put the spring perch back on. Should look like this...
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03-11-2007, 01:15 PM
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Originally Posted by DuronClocker
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Really though, it goes together like SGMZ28 showed. I didn't think the Koni directions were that bad. They got me through it
Really though, it goes together like SGMZ28 showed. I didn't think the Koni directions were that bad. They got me through it
Guess I gotta order new ones from GM and pull my front end apart again. 