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I was checking bushings and found this hanging around the bottom of the spring coil and perch of the strut. It is very light weight maybe more foam than rubber.
I've been trying to diagnose suspension noise, not finding anything obvious except this. Would whatever this is deteriorating be my issue? I can't find any part number for this.
I was checking bushings and found this hanging around the bottom of the spring coil and perch of the strut. It is very light weight maybe more foam than rubber.
I've been trying to diagnose suspension noise, not finding anything obvious except this. Would whatever this is deteriorating be my issue? I can't find any part number for this.
When you purchase a new coil spring, that isolator is glued onto the bottom of the spring, during the process of installing new springs recently, that part fell off. I already had Bilstein B6 series, replacement shocks and purchased a separate isolator, Which doesn’t fit that great but works, so I didn’t need that part you show.
I wish I could find a properly fitting bottom isolator for use with the Bilstein B6.
Searching for noise, have you checked these: #1 ball joints <— NUMBER 1 CAUSE OF SUSPENSION NOISE ON W212 #2 sway bar bushings #3 stab. links #4 control arms
I checked the ball joints, and they all looked good. No cracks and visually looked good. Bushings all looked solid. I didn’t remove the under pan to see if the stabilizer had bad mounts.
My car just ate the serpentine belt so focusing on that first before returning to this.
I checked the ball joints, and they all looked good. No cracks and visually looked good.
My car just ate the serpentine belt so focusing on that first before returning to this.
As an FYI based on experience, W211 lower ball joints can look good, be in spec, and still be noisy. The design changed from the W210 lowers. How many miles on your E320? 90k-110k is usually where they begin to squeak.
Good luck with that serpentine belt. Unless the belt is really old, a shredded one is usually caused by a bad pulley. Mine was a failed idler bearing.
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