Axle Bumper

Listen to it. That maniac bouncing of Unusual vibrations from your car’s rear wheels doesn’t don’t necessarily mean indicate that the rear suspension is going to fall off. Far from it. For all you know, it may just be an axle bumper that’s missing in action.

The bumper’s a piece of rubber that ‘stops’ the wheel axle from hitting the body panel as it bounces over the road. Through time, however, road salt, heat, and water will all work together can cause it to the bumper to suffer dry rot. Once it the bumper hardens and starts falling apart, there’ll be no stopping it’s only a matter of time before the axle from crushing it to pulp smashes the bumper it into pieces.

And that’s why you hear the an annoying ‘thud’ whenever you drive over bumps.

Fortunately, the axle bumper isn’t is neither that hard to locate. Neither is it nor is it hard to replace. It’s usually You can bet your bottom dollar its fixed right bolted on top of the wheel axle, and is usually bolted in place. Accessing the bumper, however, may mean you’ll have to remove the wheels first. Certainly a simple task for a do-it-yourself.