I have a noisy rear shock I believe this rubber component to be the culprit. Can anybody tell me what the hell it does. I see no earthly function. it doesn't look like a bush or a stop. The rubber has perished and it slides up and down and sounds terrible. Haven't got a clue where to obtain another or what it is called.
Can anybody identify this part
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It's a Freelander 2 2009. Yes I looked at this vehicle schematics and it's not on there at all. Vibration damper makes sense as on nearside it's behind the shock and drivers side it's in front.
Yeah they will be coming off in the morning. I can't see them serving the structural integrity of the car
It will be some NVH thing, lots of cars have stuff along the same lines, D2 used to have some large ones bolted to the axles, D3 has two huge ones ate the rear of each chassis rail.
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They damp out road vibration at certain speeds.
They should be replaced, if they become loose.
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I cut one of mine off today due to incorrect fitment by previous owner. Have you seen the price of new ones!?
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Yes, but sometimes they come up on ebay for much less.
I bought a pair for £50, which is much more appealing than £150ea they seem to be from some places.
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I'm thinking of buying some internally threaded ally rod and siliconing it back together with a new bolt. There aren't many about right now.
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What I discovered was how much they effected the vibration in the vehicle.
I removed mine for a while as they were both broken.
On replacing them, I noticed a reduction in vibration on some types of road surface, so I guess the LR engineers did some testing to get them right.
The rubber damper is very softly damped, so silicone might be too hard.
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How important do you think it is that the rubber part is fixed to the ally sleave? Surely, as long as it fits snugly around the ally tube in the centre, it'll work....?
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The design of a mass damper is very sophisticated, with the heavy "mass" and it's rubber damping to the mounting being very carefully designed.
Basically the mass movies in opposition to the mounting at the chosen frequency to remove whatever resonances it's there to remove.
I'm guessing that anything other than the factory tolerance will be detrimental, and potentially making vibration worse.
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Oh cock
