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[joff]

SL shocks rubber mounts on an estate, I should know this but I think I may have them the wrong way round. Anyone have a pic of the correct fitment

[chrisgixer]

http://www.partsbase.org/opel/omega-b-1994-2003-13-8-4-2-rear-shock-absorbers-contd-estate-21-22-23-f35-m35-p35-used-with-automatic-self-levelling-device-except-mounting-parts/

[chrisgixer]

No way. I beat RobG! No waaaaay!

[biggriffin]

No way. I beat RobG! No waaaaay!

Rob the G always puts a picture

[joff]

Thats the way I have the mounts fitted but I'm getting the top of the shock hit the metal cover. Think I will remove and check the thread length of both and see if they are the same, I checked the part numbers were the same when I fitted them on Saturday.

Rob G must be away or sick to miss this one

[05omegav6]

Not fitted correctly for that to happen...

There should be a rubber bush with the groove in it... the body sits in the groove.

Have you used both washers too

Should be...

Underneath:
Shock body.
Washer.
Rubber bush fitted to body aperture. (The bulk of this bush should be underneath the hole, not above it.)

Above:
Rubber bush with support bush. (Support bush inserts down through lower rubber bush.)
Second washer.
Retaining nut.

Hth

[joff]

Not fitted correctly for that to happen...

There should be a rubber bush with the groove in it... the body sits in the groove.

Have you used both washers too

Should be...

Underneath:
Shock body.
Washer.
Rubber bush fitted to body aperture. (The bulk of this bush should be underneath the hole, not above it.)

Above:
Rubber bush with support bush. (Support bush inserts down through lower rubber bush.)
Second washer.
Retaining nut.

Hth

As in the pic that was put up, and that is how I fitted them. When I get time and it stops raining I'll pop them off and have a look

[05omegav6]

If the lower bush is fitted incorrectly then the shock sits too high and the end of the rod fouls the plate...

Had this happen on mine when I reused the mountings first time I changed them... I had also not noticed that the bottom washer had stuck to the old shock body and I therefore didn't swap it to the new shock, compounding the problem so it didn't take long to trash the lower rubber.

Solution in the end was to buy the mounting kit separately from Vauxhall. No problem since

[joff]

If the lower bush is fitted incorrectly then the shock sits too high and the end of the rod fouls the plate...

Had this happen on mine when I reused the mountings first time I changed them... I had also not noticed that the bottom washer had stuck to the old shock body and I therefore didn't swap it to the new shock, compounding the problem so it didn't take long to trash the lower rubber.

Solution in the end was to buy the mounting kit separately from Vauxhall. No problem since

You are correct sir I had not put the lower steel washer or the steel sleeve in. All done now and car is back to normal.

[05omegav6]

Good stuff

I learnt that the hard way... First decent bump and the shocks punched the lower bush through the body work... Made quite a mess of the cover plates

The washers compress the rubber bushes in place and the steel bush then locks everything together