I have a 1989 300sel that is making the same sound when the rubber goes bad on the shock/damper. Last year the same thing happened(same type noise as now) and I changed the rubber on the top of the shock. Solved problem. Now it is doing it again but when I push a screw driver on the top of shock the noise remains.

My question is can the bottom eyelet of shock go bad too? The noise seems to be centered there
Thanks
Warren