Heat Shield Rattle? 05 V
12-30-2014, 04:49 PM
#1
Heat Shield Rattle? 05 V I started hearing something today. Sounds like passenger side, middle to front. It's a light metallic rattle when I hit bumps. Hitting the brakes doesn't affect it, so it's not brake pads/shims. I'm off tomorrow and might take a look. The only thing I've done recently was change the bolts that hold the B&B catback to the truebendz cat pipes so I could tighten them more. Fixed the leak but now I have a rattle. Not surprised, I'm a live-action Charlie Brown. There's always an issue.
12-30-2014, 05:34 PM
#2
If I recall, there are heat shields very close to the drive shaft and mid exhaust pipes. I too had a little interference after a catback install that was quickly remedied with a minor adjustment. There's also the tunnel brace bolted to the bottom of the car near the rear.
12-30-2014, 05:45 PM
#3
If I recall, there are heat shields very close to the drive shaft and mid exhaust pipes. I too had a little interference after a catback install that was quickly remedied with a minor adjustment. There's also the tunnel brace bolted to the bottom of the car near the rear.
Good info. I'll start around the x-pipe area.