Annoying Rattle
Annoying Rattle
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vroom

Original Poster:

665 posts

313 months

Friday 18th February 2011
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My Cerb had developed an annoying rattle on idle which appears to originate from beneath one of the rear seats.

It aint exhaust although I do have a hot cat rattle, which is also bugging me.

Any ideas?

Also, what do I need to do to lift the rear seats out to have a look?

Cheers

fatjon

2,299 posts

242 months

Friday 18th February 2011
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When you find it let me know. I have same and it's beat me so far. Sqeaky rattle when idling seems to be under passenger rear seat.


The_Edge

958 posts

235 months

Friday 18th February 2011
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There was a spacer type bar spot welded to the exhausts to keep them in good shape underneath which had cracked a joint which rattled on mine at idle and at a random point coming down through the revs - took ages to find because it looked perfect to the naked eye.

Just a thought smile

FarmyardPants

4,372 posts

247 months

Friday 18th February 2011
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The_Edge said:
There was a spacer type bar spot welded to the exhausts to keep them in good shape underneath which had cracked a joint which rattled on mine at idle and at a random point coming down through the revs - took ages to find because it looked perfect to the naked eye.

Just a thought smile
Similar to that, the 'cotton reel' centre mount that is attached to said bar can break and cause a rattle. Looks ok at first sight as it's usually under compression, but lift the exhaust and see if it has come apart.

The_Edge

958 posts

235 months

Friday 18th February 2011
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FarmyardPants said:
Similar to that, the 'cotton reel' centre mount that is attached to said bar can break and cause a rattle. Looks ok at first sight as it's usually under compression, but lift the exhaust and see if it has come apart.
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Mr Cerbera

5,151 posts

259 months

Friday 18th February 2011
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Does it only rattle when you are at a standstill ?

vroom

Original Poster:

665 posts

313 months

Friday 18th February 2011
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Mr Cerbera said:
Does it only rattle when you are at a standstill ?
Yup

Worse on a cold day too so I was suspecting a plastic type rattle

I have had the exhaust off a few times whilst swapping the cats so I will crawl under tom and have a look. I do recall elongating the mounting hole for the cotton reel mount to get it fit square, so maybe its split from being out of line previously?

Cheers