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Figure 1 - Stop buffer, shown on model 171

Figure 2 - Stop buffer, shown on Avantgarde buffer. grease contact surface and head bearing well. - Do not disassemble the suspension strut! 

Technical Service Bulletin # LI32-20_P-047410

Date: 090908

Suspension - Creaking/Rumbling From Front Axle Area

CREAKING/RUMBLING NOISES FROM AREA OF FRONT AXLE

Topic Number

LI32.20-P-047410

Version

2

Design Group

32.20 Steel springs/torsion bars, Niveaumat

Date

09-08-2009

Validity

Model 211, without AIRMATIC (SA code 489)

Reason for change

Reference to head bearing added.

reason for block

Complaint:

The noise occurs when driving over uneven ground.

The noise can also be reproduced by rocking the vehicle at the front axle - see attachment (0.1mpg).

Attachments

Cause:

One possible cause of the noise is relative movement of the stop buffer.

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