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Old 15 June 2010, 08:57 PM
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So, long story short...

Bought car. After getting to know it on the daily drive notice a knocking from the rear, an occassional 'sticking' feeling from rear when moving off... my thoughts = the traditional Subaru knocking shocks.

Took car to a garage, mechanics confirm both rear shocks need replacing.

Car goes back to place I bought it, they get their mechanics to look over it, claim nothing wrong with rear shocks.

So we have a deadlock: I say they're broken, garage say they aren't.

What I want to know is what visible signs are there of knocking rear shocks? Basically if I'm stood under the car with the mechanics, what could I point at to say "see? That means it's broke you w**ksplash"?

If by any chance anyone happens to have pics of a knocking shock that would demonstrate what a broken one looks like that would be very handy - don't know if anyone is likely to have that though!

Appreciate any help you can offer on this one guys.
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Dont know if a read of this will help......http://www.scoobypedia.co.uk/index.p...wageRearStruts
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Thanks Myles, that helps me understand why they're making the noise.

Annoyingly then it looks like there aren't necessarily any visual symptoms of a knocking shock from the outside?
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