So I took my car to school today to figure out what i broke in the l/f suspension that's been clanking when I go over bumps/potholes. Turns out my l/f shock pushrod broke right at the point where it threads into the lower mount (edelbrock shocks, so they're upside down).
Since the shocks are basically new as of late last year, I'm blaming it on the stupid rubber-bushing spring perches. The damn things don't rotate. I think the shocks broke as I came down hard after hitting a rise too fast. The suspension went from the bottom of travel right to the bump stop in a fraction of a second, and I theorize that the spring perch didn't rotate as the spring collapsed, putting a lot of torque on the shock, causing the rod to snap.
Two things come of this:
1) I get to buy another shock. Meh. I knew something was broken, and a broken shock isn't that bad.
2) I now have an excuse to buy roller spring perches along with UCA's (and maybe coils) when I tear the front end apart to do the Shelby drop.
On the upside, after shaking down the rest of the front end, I found my LCA's are in good shape, so no need to replace those. I also replaced my motor mounts earlier tonight (PITA, again), so no more rocking engine
Since the shocks are basically new as of late last year, I'm blaming it on the stupid rubber-bushing spring perches. The damn things don't rotate. I think the shocks broke as I came down hard after hitting a rise too fast. The suspension went from the bottom of travel right to the bump stop in a fraction of a second, and I theorize that the spring perch didn't rotate as the spring collapsed, putting a lot of torque on the shock, causing the rod to snap.
Two things come of this:
1) I get to buy another shock. Meh. I knew something was broken, and a broken shock isn't that bad.
2) I now have an excuse to buy roller spring perches along with UCA's (and maybe coils) when I tear the front end apart to do the Shelby drop.
On the upside, after shaking down the rest of the front end, I found my LCA's are in good shape, so no need to replace those. I also replaced my motor mounts earlier tonight (PITA, again), so no more rocking engine
