Have you experienced heavy knock sound from front suspension?
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Have you experienced heavy knock sound from front suspension?
Original RH damper with buffer missing (disintegrated)
Original LH damper with buffer missing (disintegrated)
Original damper with buffer missing and replacement damper with yellow buffer clearly visible
Replacement damper installed on RH side
If you have experienced a heavy knocking sound coming from the front of your X300 when driving over uneven surfaces , it could be due to disintegration of the microvon buffers that are meant to isolate the top of the front damper stud from the inner wing through which it passes. Attached are some photos showing that the buffers on the damper side of the inner wing had completely disintegrated on my car. I chose to upgrade the whole dampers to German spec, but could have just replaced the buffers. It has cured the heavy knock sound, caused bye the top of the damper impacting the underside of the inner wing.
I hope that someone else may find this experience helpful.
Last edited by XJRengineer; 09-25-2016 at 01:55 PM.
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Good tip, XJRengineer!
There are some additional photos here:
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Cheers,
Don
There are some additional photos here:
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Cheers,
Don
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