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Plastic Piece Rattles

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#1 ·
I just got my Monroe Load Levelers adjusted and noticed and knocking sound when I hit a bump. Realized that the plastic guard on the rear driver side was hitting the coil on the shocks so I took a drywall cutter and cut a piece off so it wouldn't contact. Went to test to make sure it fixed it and it still rattles. Any ideas? It makes the exact same
Sound whenever I pull the plastic peice and let it go.
 
#4 ·
I cut off a good amount. About an inch and a glad gap between closest point and the coil. And yes haha I put washers on the top mount. Ill have to take a closet look when I get a chance. More of an annoyance than anything
 
#5 ·
So I got back to base and decided to try and mess around with it a bit more and I'm pretty sure now that it's not the plastic peice. I opened my rear door grabbed on the inside and rocked the jeep a little back and forth and it was making the sound. Literally sounds like something is loose. Hopefully I can get a friend to rock it back and forth while I go underneath to see if I can find it. Not sure if I can tomorrow may have to wait till
Thursday
 
#7 ·
Yes and once i get off work ill have to check to make sure all the bolts are tight. Thats about the only other thing I could think it would be seeing as nothing else has to be touched to swap out the shocks haha
 
#8 ·
I checked the bolts they are all good. I noticed some marks on the shock where the coil is rubbing that's only other thing I can think of. It's not a squeaking sound so I'm lost now haha
 
#9 ·
Anyone know some signs of a bad shock? I've pretty much isolated the sound to being the shock itself. It makes a knocking sound when it is compressed so that's the only last thing I can think of. I'm assuming it needs to be replaced now?
 
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