Memory loss - rear shocks.......

[TouringMatt]

Failed the MOT on my rear top mounts today - ordered some E46 ones to replace them

Can someone just confirm that the assembly is just made up of the shock unit then the mount on top - that there is no seperate rubber spacer between the top of the shock and underside of the mount?

Hope that makes sense

[cliffybabe]

on top of the shocks there is the top mount, I used th ee46 m3 cab top mount on mine, That the only bush on the rear shock its self

[cliffybabe]

a pic i took recently when upgrading whilst upgrading the rear top mounts

[TouringMatt]

Thanks for the replys and pics mate

Think what i must have seen looking up at the underside is the bit on the pic below that has 4 raised bits - looked completely split in half



Cheers!

[cliffybabe]

on mine the centre core had come off the rubber and was rocking like a bitch

[320Touring]

if you have a look at the guide in the articles section you'll see my right side one disintegrated completely- she did 3500 miles going metal to metal with a sock stuffed in....

[KDS]

If your Touring has the self-leveling rear suspension, then you'll need to order the Touring-specific top mounts. The holes running through the standard E30 or E46 mounts are too small (ask me how I found out). AND, to make it even more fun, BMW will charge you twice as much for the barely-different parts!

[GDBN]

To your original point/question - there's no rubber gasket but a thin paper like gasket that sits between the new mount and the body.

G

[TouringMatt]

All sorted, E46 cab mounts fitted - i love working in the cold





Both sides were fecked, much better now

Cheers for all the replys dudes, much appreciated

Matt