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Old 05-31-2013, 02:03 PM
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I am just seeing if anyone has any method for locating a rattle that I cannot for the life of me find. It is in the rear hatch area, spare tire region. It isn't all the time, just some of the time. Not unbearable but really really annoying
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I have the same rattle in my car except I'm pretty sure it's coming from the over-axle piece of my exhaust. I'll look at it eventually..
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Start taking one piece out at a time or find a friend to hop in the back down a wash board road
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I have a rattle in the same place your describing. Turns out it's the bracket on the over the axle pipe hitting the exhaust hangar clamshell.
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Originally Posted by FSUNole17
I am just seeing if anyone has any method for locating a rattle that I cannot for the life of me find. It is in the rear hatch area, spare tire region. It isn't all the time, just some of the time. Not unbearable but really really annoying

They are usually pink or light blue colored with noise makers of some type attached so when they are shook really fast they make that rattling noise........and a babies hand can fit right nto the grip on the other end.......


Haha....just kidding......

Take the spare tire and jack out of the car......go for a drive. If the rattle is gone you found you problem. Sometimes the best thing to do is to wrap the tire in a big beach towel and wrap the jack in a separate towel. Problem solved.

Resonance is sometimes a bitch to fix, and its what causes a lot of rattles and vibration. Stop the resonance.....stops the noises.

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