[DeTomaso] What I have for Shocks

Asa Jay Laughton asajay at asajay.com
Mon Mar 29 16:46:02 EDT 2010


It sounds like it's coming from the right front.  But I also have  
experience with noises transmitting to other corners.  You're  
suggestion is a good one, albeit a bit time consuming.  Since I plan  
to work on the car tonight, to isolate the sway bar, I may do this  
swap test next.

Asa Jay

Quoting Tomas Gunnarsson <guson at home.se>:

> If nothing else shows up, swap the shocks left to right and see if the noise
> moves. You said it was from one side only, didn't you?
>
> Tomas
>
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> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] What I have for Shocks
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>
> Yes, the stock spring spacers were removed when I had the shocks out
> originally and waiting for the a-arms to return.
>
> I had the front end up in the air half a dozen times today.  I have
> evaluated everything I possibly can.  The bushing in the steering rack
> is in place, I even slid the boot down to check visually.  I moved the
> tires from the right to the left and watched what happened.  The bushing
> stays in place.  The rack does not move (outside its normal travel)
> either by trying to flex the wheel or by hand, either with the wheel on
> the ground (suspension loaded) or off the ground (suspension unloaded).
> All the a-arm connections appear to be tight.  All joints at the body
> appear to be good, no cracks that I could find.  New ball joints, again,
> tight.
>
> I even checked the spindle to the steering arm bolts (three of them) and
> they were tight.  I've checked pretty much every suggestion that has
> come my way and I still have this noise.  It really does sound like the
> steering rack but the rack isn't it that I can diagnose.
>
> The -only- thing not replaced on the front end are the coil-over
> shocks.  I can't get this noise to replicate in the garage on the
> floor.  I even took an eight foot 2x4 under the wheel and tried to
> leverage the wheel to get the noise, still no-go.  I seem to get it
> readily if I'm driving it over small bumps.
>
> My last ditch is the shocks.  I can't cough up the money for new ones at
> the moment, though I'd dearly love to.  One forum member thought he had
> some extra originals but now can't find them.  If anyone else has a
> front set laying around, I'd greatly appreciate even just borrowing them
> for a short while to troubleshoot this noise.
>
> I'm guessing at this point there is something wrong internally with the
> shock that manifests itself over bumps, but again I can't be sure.  The
> car seems to drive fine, track fine on the road and it performed well at
> the autocross.  It's just driving me crazy.
>
> Asa Jay
>
> Asa Jay Laughton, MSgt, USAFR, Retired
> &  Shelley Marie
> Spokane, WA
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>
> On 3/28/2010 8:00 PM, MikeLDrew at aol.com wrote:
>> In a message dated 3/28/10 13 56 15, asajay at asajay.com writes:
>>
>>
>>
>>> Okay, I just came from inspecting the brake pads and front wheel
>>> bearings.  While there, I tried to see what I had for shocks.
>>>
>>> This is what I can barely make out:
>>>
>>> Telcar  (Large T tapering down to a small R)
>>> 7214
>>> S032005
>>>
>>> The body of the shock is Black, not blue as I had earlier surmised.
>>> This is on the Front only, not the rear.
>>>
>>> Can anyone tell me more about these shocks?
>>>
>>>
>> Sure, they are stock L-model shocks, cheap, serviceable when new, not bad,
>> not particularly great.   You can either evaluate them yourself, or take
>> them somewhere and have them checked by somebody who knows what a proper
> shock
>> should feel like.   I'd definitely do that before I spent dime one on
>> replacement bushings for them!
>>
>> Do you still have the stock spring spacers?   If so this would be the
>> perfect opportunity to remove them.
>>
>> Mike
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