Official Found a Rattle Thread
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Found and fixed a rattle, hopefully this post helps someone else out.
While driving over non-smooth roads I would hear a high pitched squeaky rattle top up OR down which sounded like it was coming from the top of the windshield. I messed around with the latches, tightened the visor screws to no avail. It turns out the rattling I was hearing from inside the car was actually the hood latch, which when closed wasn't quite tight enough to stay stationary. As a test/temporary fix, I wrapped a bit of gaffer's tape around the hood latch piece where it locks into the latch, and all the rattling went away. Car is silent and rock solid now, like brand new. I'll work out a more permanent fix later.
While driving over non-smooth roads I would hear a high pitched squeaky rattle top up OR down which sounded like it was coming from the top of the windshield. I messed around with the latches, tightened the visor screws to no avail. It turns out the rattling I was hearing from inside the car was actually the hood latch, which when closed wasn't quite tight enough to stay stationary. As a test/temporary fix, I wrapped a bit of gaffer's tape around the hood latch piece where it locks into the latch, and all the rattling went away. Car is silent and rock solid now, like brand new. I'll work out a more permanent fix later.
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Originally Posted by robertjr314,Jul 17 2010, 07:26 PM
I've got a loud rattle sound occuring at exactly 4k rpm.. It happen on the way u the rpm band and on the way down. It sounds like a metal to metal contact.. Any ideas what it could be??
Could be it rattling from the inside of the can (like my 70rr)
Or part of it touching the frame from the rear.
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I have a clunking noise that appears to be coming from my right and left rear suspension top up, when going over bumps at low speed. My car also make a faint creaking sound when I get in or out. I DO know that my right rear bottom damper bushing is messed up as the bolt is seized in it. I have Mugen bushings I will press into all four arms to fix. Any ideas what to look for?
Anyone know how to tell if my endlinks are worn out?
Anyone know how to tell if my endlinks are worn out?
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I have so many felt dots around my car it's ridiculous. haha.
On another hand, I was having a really bad clunking, and it turned out that my rear strut had "blown" essentially not rebounding correctly causing the suspension to clunk around. I kept telling myself it was endlinks, or the top that just needed to be tightened, but if any of you are experiencing some light or heavy clunking, it could be the struts.
On another hand, I was having a really bad clunking, and it turned out that my rear strut had "blown" essentially not rebounding correctly causing the suspension to clunk around. I kept telling myself it was endlinks, or the top that just needed to be tightened, but if any of you are experiencing some light or heavy clunking, it could be the struts.
