Jer
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Back in the 2007 driving season my midget developed an annoying clunking noise on the passenger rear suspension, I put it on the hoist & checked the rear lever shock oil level, pulled / pushed on all the suspension components & check the leafs for any broken springs - all seemed fine, I even resorted to taking the spare tire, jack & tool bag out to see if the source was from something loose in the trunk... noise was still there -
I decided that something in my lever shock must be shot on the inside & put it on the "sometime" list as it didn't seem to affect performance, just this annoying clunk which was even more annoying when the top was up & it was beating like a drum inside
Today after going for a 4 hour ride (and being really annoyed) I put it on the hoist & decided now that I have a surplus of extra parts from "Earl" my BE Sprite project maybe I could put a spare lever shock into "Midge", before removing I grabbed the shock & by chance placed a pry bar against it just to see... much to my embarrasment the 2 fine thread ny-lock mounting nuts had backed of just enough to make the lever shock appear tight to a pull from my hand, but not tight enough to a pry bar... I tightned up the 2 nuts with a 9/16 wrench & viola ! the annoying clunk is now gone after 2 years (I'm sure there may be some mounting hole repair to do during some future overhaul)
Anyways just wanted to post to save someone else the embarrasement of putting up with a stupid clunk for 2 years that was corrected in 5 minutes by using a pry bar (not just hands) & a wrench.... yeeesh I'm so ashamed ;-)
I decided that something in my lever shock must be shot on the inside & put it on the "sometime" list as it didn't seem to affect performance, just this annoying clunk which was even more annoying when the top was up & it was beating like a drum inside
Today after going for a 4 hour ride (and being really annoyed) I put it on the hoist & decided now that I have a surplus of extra parts from "Earl" my BE Sprite project maybe I could put a spare lever shock into "Midge", before removing I grabbed the shock & by chance placed a pry bar against it just to see... much to my embarrasment the 2 fine thread ny-lock mounting nuts had backed of just enough to make the lever shock appear tight to a pull from my hand, but not tight enough to a pry bar... I tightned up the 2 nuts with a 9/16 wrench & viola ! the annoying clunk is now gone after 2 years (I'm sure there may be some mounting hole repair to do during some future overhaul)
Anyways just wanted to post to save someone else the embarrasement of putting up with a stupid clunk for 2 years that was corrected in 5 minutes by using a pry bar (not just hands) & a wrench.... yeeesh I'm so ashamed ;-)