In the passenger rear of my jeep the rear bumpstop seemed to be maxing out and hitting over even the smallest bumps. The left rear was perfectly fine but the rear right always did. I looked and both coils and shocks are sitting well. I am thinking it could be a bad shock on the rear right? Im confused those as i only have about 17,000 miles on the shocks. Does that seem like a reasonable thought?

Thanks,

Maertz

 

is there a way to test shocks?

 

Hmmmm did the Jeep have a previous lift on it?

 

no i had put the only lift ever on this vehicle and it just recently started happening? im guessing its the shock but dont really wanna waste money if its not. like i said the left rear is fine.

 

You could always swap the shocks and see if the problem follows to the other side.

 

Take the shock off and test it. Inspect it to see if rebounds correctly. It could be dead.

 

x2,,,, i have seen brand new shocks,, right out of the box, bathed in oil that leaked out prior to delivery. In my opinion, just the nature of how a shock works means that every shock produced wont work as it should. Let us know what the final solution is!

 

The gas tank is on the passenger side. A full tank puts some extra weight on that corner.

I agree that the shock should be checked. If the spring is good, then its the shock's job to keep the spring from bottoming out on every bump. Do you get a lot of spring rebound after the spring bottoms out? Controlling rebound is also up to the shock.

 

Have you found the problem

 

Not yet I am awaiting a new rear shock to get in to see if that was it. There sending me one for free after emailing them. They also assumed that's what it would be. I also thought about the gas tank but its like what 75 pounds? Not sure if that's enough.. I mean it does bottom out in the rear right with me in driver seat and a 220 pound person in the driver rear. The left still does not wich you would think would with 400 pounds on the left