rear suspension

[long tall eta]

86 es, when i hit a bump or pot hole it sounds like the right rear is bottoming out. shocks are heavy duty billies and only 3 yrs old. the car handles fine and seems normal if you push the rear up and down as if to check for bad shocks. what are the tell tail signs of bad bushings? could it be a blown shock? i'm not that well versed at suspensions. she is stock ride hight. just looking for a heads up as to where to look if that makes sense.

[DRTSRFR]

First thing to check are the rear shock mounts.

Pull the inner liner in the trunk, push the car up and down and look to see if the shock shaft is moving up and down in the mount.

[long tall eta]

First thing to check are the rear shock mounts.

Pull the inner liner in the trunk, push the car up and down and look to see if the shock shaft is moving up and down in the mount.

ok, will do but when i installed the shocks i also put in new mounts.

[DRTSRFR]

...3 years ago.

The stock mounts are junk for anything other than stock damping.

[sweet6e30]

x2^ I went through so many until i got a set from ground control, since then , puuuuurfect

[jlevie]

This could be the shock mounts, trailing arm or subframe bushings, blown shocks, or broken springs. An examination of the rear suspension will tell.

[roguetoaster]

Just to be safe inspect the tire, could be a failure of some kind. Unlikely, but check anyway. Below happened to me some years ago and it felt like a suspension issue and was intermittent at first.