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Old 10-26-2010, 10:24 AM
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When I was driving to work this morning I started hearing a loud grinding noise coming from the rear. I also notice a sluggish loss of power feeling whenever I would step on the gas. Fortunately I only had a couple of blocks to go to make it to work. I got out and looked under the thing and to my surprise found that one of the brackets that mounts to the rear axle had come loose. I've attached two pictures. Can anyone tell me what happened and if this is costly to fix?
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are you talking about the shocks mounting to the axle? That looks right, the shock is on the opposite side on the passenger side. drive side shock is on outside, passenger side shock is on inside. shocks on or off wont affect power..
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ohhh....i completely read that wrong...so the shock mount on the passenger will move around?
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yeah, im not getting what im looking at either. those shock mounts look fine and wouldnt give you any power loss
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How do you know its loose
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Yeah im at a loss...
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No go here...
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maybe its the weight of the ebrake cable hanging pulling the brake on thats causing the noise
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is any body else having trouble with this site today being slow or just me?
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is any body else having trouble with this site today being slow or just me?
working normal for me...hmmmm
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had to reset my wireless connector
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maybe its the weight of the ebrake cable hanging pulling the brake on thats causing the noise
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Is it just me? Or does the right tire look like it's leaning out?
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kinda looks like the top part is leaning out yes. but maybe just the picture.
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Odd first post but welcome to the forum!


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