Okay, I am going to probably be annoying many of you out there with this question, but after an hour and a half of searching and digging up old threads, I feel that I must. My 96 VTEC suffers from what seems to be commonly referred to as "shock knock". In fact, my 95 Si had the same issue.
Anyway after dealing with shock knock on two different Preludes for over five years, I have finally decided that I would like that annoying sound to go away.
After doing some research, I came across TSB 00-090, which if I understand correctly calls for replacement shock collars that are a few millimeters shorter than the stock collars.
My questions are the following:
1. Is this TSB applicable to my 1996 Prelude, and if so
2. should I buy
52728-S30-004?
3. How difficult is it to change the shock collar, i.e. can it be done with the car sitting on the ground in the parking lot of my apartment complex?
4. Should I go ahead and replace the bushings seeing as the car is almost 14 years old?
I appreciate the help. I have some free time, and am finally getting back into my Prelude. If I remember correctly on my 95 Si I tried someone's fix of adding washers to the top of the shock towers to mixed results.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you.
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