Fw: Rear Suspension clunking/grinding

[Griffon Financial]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: Griffon Financial 
To: quatttro at audifans.com 
Sent: Thursday, October 26, 2000 6:04 PM
Subject: Rear Suspension clunking/grinding


Hi all 
On the same note as previous post, the same car has aquired a noise from the left rear shock, We replaced the rear shocks with bilsteins (non-sport) about a year ago, and all-of-a-sudden there is a creeking/grinding noise coming from the suspension. I took the wheel off this afternoon, put the car on floor jacks and proceeded to jack the control arm up and down. I determined the sound is coming from the upper area of the shock assembly, hence the upper shock mount. It's black, square, and has 4 mounting bolts coming through from inside the trunk. Do these cars have strut bearings like VW and BMW? I called the dealer and they didn't seem to think so...What could be the cause of this ? Any help is greatly appreciated !!!!
                                                                                                                                            Thanks 
                                                                                                                                                        Tim
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