Replacing Top Damper Mounting Rubber

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Replacing Top Damper Mounting Rubber

Postby Harald.370 » Tue 18.08.2026, 11:36

Dear all,

I have two left hands, and wonder if I should do this repair myself, and how.
Wanting to take my wife out for a Sunday drive we heard loud "clunks" from the backside of our car. Closer inspection learned that the top damper mounting rubber on the right side had completely been shredded to bits.
Importer arranges new parts, but I do not want to drive the car as-is.

Now from the looks of it, it is just a matter of unscrewing two bolts on top of each other, take the metal cap off; place the rubber bit, put the metal plate back on, and screw back the two bolts.
Is it indeed that simple or am I overlooking things? Many thanks in advance for your feedback.
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Re: Replacing Top Damper Mounting Rubber

Postby Tuga2112 » Tue 18.08.2026, 16:16

im pretty sure ive recorded the whole process of changing both dampers and springs at the read of my car years ago.

in my signature there should be a link to the youtube channel where you will find 100 ish videos of work done on the M100. and im pretty sure in the middle of that you will find an example of the task you want to do.
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Re: Replacing Top Damper Mounting Rubber

Postby Harald.370 » Tue 18.08.2026, 20:58

You surely made videos of the (-back) suspension (I saw them all to my knowledge) but you never replaced thiis specific part as far as I know :D
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