The guide rod mounts in the rear are shot. I mean it looks like there might have been at one time a rubber boot on teh front side of the mount but it is totally gone now. The front mounts are so badly worn that the rod allows the lca to rotate so much that it is causing metal to metal contact in the mount as evidenced by shiny metal on the edge of the LCA mount point for the guide rod.

I'd say this is the first thing to tackle. Looks like the repair kit and rear mount kit total about 75.00 per side so not too bad.

I also found the source of the noise in the rear end that sounded like a bad shock. It is the Sway Bar link rocking and a rolling and it makes a rattle sound every time I hit a small bump. that one looks really easy and cheap to repair although I can't tell yet if you need to pull the rotor. if that's the case then it isn't that easy but still doable.

Thanks Eric!

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