I get a knocking from the rear suspension when carrying a passenger. I
found that the tie bar mount is not snugly fixed to the tub and I'm
guessing (since none of the nuts & bolts seem to want to move) that
spacer shims have simply fallen out. Is there an easy way to check the
rear alignment or am I going to have to shell out? I had hoped to order
shims and slip them in, and maybe tack them in place with a dab of weld,
but I got one back from rimmer bros and it's plated in some way that
makes it look "unweldy". I was also slightly annoyed to see that they
haven't stuck to the original designs: pictures in the workshop manual
show the slots in the spacer shims being at an angle, so that gravity
can hold the shims in place. The rimmer bros ones are cut parallel to
the short sides and thus likely to drop out again. I have a feeling
this is the tinkle that I heard when I was worrying about the noise from
the brake discs. I thought the thing from the brake disc had fallen out
onto the road but now I think it was a spacer shim.
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