noisy upper shock mounts
 

I recently put new shocks in my 99 jimmy. Every time I hit a bump my truck makes a really loud rattling sound. I narrowed it down to the upper shock mounts in the front of the truck. It seems like the eye part of the shock that the bolt goes through is a little bit loose. I searched the forum and found out that it is a common problem. How do I get rid of the rattling?

Re: noisy upper shock mounts
 

Can you move the top mounts around at all?

Re: noisy upper shock mounts
 

No the actual mounts themselves don't move. If I grab hold of the shock and pull on it there is a little bit of room for it to move on the bolt. The bolts are as tight as they will go. They don't move around at all.

Re: noisy upper shock mounts
 

put a flat washer in between to take up the space. It shouldn't hurt since its riding in a rubber grommet anyways.

Re: noisy upper shock mounts
 

I'm at work for a couple more weeks, but I'll give it a try when I get home. I don't know if it will work. The shock isn't sliding back and forth on the bolt it kind of rattles around on it if that makes sense. It's like I need a sleeve or something to make the bolt a little bit fatter.

Re: noisy upper shock mounts
 

Oh, I can picture your problem. I would examine the differences in the diameters of both the bolt and the bushing. But actually just putting a washer in there(if Possible) might be enough to make it quit vibrating. Heck put you a little liquid nails in the hole that make it stop. :) May think I'm joking, but I have an Old Dodge van, and the front intake gasket started leaking. Didn't have time to pull it all apart, so cleaned it up and squeezed some liquid nails in there and it held and still holding. :lol::smoke: You might be a redneck if,