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[Bionic]

  For a while I have had a tinny bell like noise from the rear. After looking and seeing nothing I checked everything I could see that was likely to make such a sound - heat shields, exhaust and finally the shocks. Taking the wheels off to see better I saw rub marks running down the shockers lower section caused by the top sleeve. Tapping this top sleeve gave me the bell noise! The shocker also appeared to be out of line because the gap between the top sleeve and the lower body was canted badly to one side and probably causing the rubbing.
After an even closer look I noted that the bottom shocker mount can be fixed in one of two ways because it has a long and short eye through which the bolt passes.
Which is the correct placement? Longest towards the wheel, or towards the Diff?
The top mounts are both fine and there is no accident damage which could have caused this problem.
Thanx - hopefully?

[Agemo]

I can't remember from the last time I changed shocks, but would imaging the larger hole goes towards the Diff. I assume this is a tapered hole?

[Bionic]

Cheers, but its not a tapered hole. The metal bush through which the mounting bolt goes through the bottom eye of the shocker is paralell but has one side longer than the other. It is not centrally fitted.
Which goes towards the wheel - the longer or shorter side?

[Marks DTM Calib]

The longer section hits into a machined hole in the trailing arm and hence the 'long' section is towards the wheel

[Bionic]

Cheers, will give that a go and see if is stops the 'bell'.
Funny thing is it is on the opposite way at present and the 'bell' stopped ringing?
Any idea why it should?
I am thinking of putting a thin plastic or rubber sleeve on the lower body where it enters the top sleeve when lowered to see if that will help too.
Thanx