RobertDingli

I got so excited about this trip that I invited my brother to join us from Australia. He’s a keen wheeler back home. However, he is only arriving on Monday the 18th. I can either wait for him on Monday and then drive out to meet you in Moab or ask him to fly to somewhere near Moab where he could meet up with me. Either way, I could not possibly be in Grand Rapids for the start of your trip. I hope it would be OK for us to join you later. When do you expect to get to Moab? Let me know where you have or intend to book in Moab and I’ll make a reservation.

I’m definitely interested. I might not be able to confirm time off from work for a while though.

It could be. I cannot recall the state of the rubber since I had to rip off the rubber to fit a suitably small diameter pressing cup. It could also be a rust dust + dried grease + external dust. Either way, I have read that this is not uncommon for ~ 10 year old L322s. There was significant play in the joints as well.

Refreshed the rear suspension on my L322 this weekend. I installed new lower wishbone bushes, stabilizer bar linkages, trailing links and upper and lower rose joints. The lower rose joints were toast which explained the nasty screeching noises I’ve had since Hollister three weeks ago. New parts Pressing out the old bushes Oops, there was still some residual pressure in the air spring when I released the wishbone. After disconnecting the line (at the rear cross valve) I was able to push the sprig back into shape. Replacing the upper knuckle rose joint Old lower rose joint. Note the crud I found inside. There was also significant play in both of these joints. Suffice to say, the car is near silent when driving over speed humps now. I no longer have to choose my path to avoid any bumps. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk