No joy

I completely removed the right rear shock. There was no visible damage to either of the orange guide supports or bump stop and the shock had no “play”. I took it for a test drive over small bumps in our neighborhood. The noise was exactly the same without the shock as before. There is only one more suspension item that can be easily removed — the sway bar. I may try that this afternoon.

But I’m leaning toward another possibility — the fuel filler hose that runs down the right side between the body and the plastic fender well. Real OEM shows that it is held in place with 2 brackets with plastic “nuts”. Maybe one of the nuts came off . So the filler tube is hanging loose and bangs into the body on bumps

Has anyone had a problem with the filler tube coming loose?

Funf Dreisig

Tip: there is a 6mm hex socket in the end of the shock shaft to keep it from turning when installing the top nut. BUT.. there isn’t much room. So I partially removed the cargo bay tie down rail to get a standard allen wrench under it and into the end of the shock shaft.