Re: 300M Rear suspension question

"mr.som ting wong" <dbrider@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message 
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>i see that alot some complain about noise some don't so i cut a heater
hose
> in half and stuff in it's place don't even have to take strut out
>
> Bill Putney wrote:
>
>> Percival P. Cassidy wrote:
>> > I've noticed that there is some kind of rubbery material hanging out
>> > from where the coil springs on our '02 300M (with Performance
Handling
>> > Package) sit in the lower "cups" of the rear suspension.
>> >
>> > Is this something that needs to be taken care of? Urgently?
Expensive?
>> >
>> > Perce
>>
>> Perce - I think what your describing is the lower spring cu****on (or
>> isolator) - a foam rubber type of stuff that sits between the bottom of
>> the spring and the strut spring sup****t cup - there's one on the top of
>> the spring too.  If that's the part, that's normal.  You could replace
>> it, but it will do that again before too long.  The part just doesn't
>> last long, but it's not critical.  I bet if you check your front ones,
>> you'll find them in similar or worse condition.  And for some reason
>> the lower ones fall apart a lot worse than the upper ones.
>>
>> Bill Putney
>> (To reply by e-mail, replace the last letter of the alphabet in my
>> address with the letter 'x')
>
    ...and some of us older ones can recall leaf springs losing the
spacers 
between adjacent leafs--leafs didn't even make a noise after their spacers

'slid sideways' to squirm their way out.  When I'd 1st notice one sliding,

it might take 2 years to come completely out.  It was always strange to me

why they were there in the 1st place.  s