Annoying Rattle

[golveor]

Can anybody suggest where this metal-to-metal kind of noise coming from. I have changed the shock bushings. I have thorougly inspect the muffler and the piping they are all fine. I have removed the sway bar. The noise occurs when your crossing a rail road, pot holes rough surfaces etc. but none in the freeway. Its somewhere under the left rear. Thank you.

 

[gardrover]

I have thorougly inspect the muffler and the piping they are all fine. ...... Its somewhere under the left rear.

Check the clearance between the resonator and the body panel in the left rear. My exhaust got a little bent on a rock and sounded exactly as you describe it....

 

[RKurk]

This may be a little weird but ... I recently replaced the brake pads on all four wheels. All was well except there was this metalic rattle/banging noise (sounds like someone banging a wrench against the axle) under the left rear when I went over rough roads, small pot holes, etc. I checked everywhere but could not locate the source, but I was looking for an obvious broken or loose major item. The solution turned out to be the retaining spring that holds the brake pads down (towards the axle center) under the caliper. The spring under the left rear caliper/pad had either come loose (popped out from under the caliper) or was never properly in place after the pad replacement. Once this was fixed the noise is gone.

Hope this is of some help.

Rich K.

 

[SandMan]

Ditto

Check the clearance between the resonator and the body panel in the left rear. My exhaust got a little bent on a rock and sounded exactly as you describe it....

Same here, only mine was clanking against the frame to the inside, not the body.

I had it removed, like my neighbors Fugly Datsun B210 that used to sit in the front yard like a monument attracting bizzaros from all over to come and pay hommage to their God. ...but I digress!

Look for rubbing contact on the resinator and reposition it gently with a axe handle or a BFH. Better yet, just remove it, like I did my cousin's mullet hair cut left over from the 80's that his buddies....!

SandMan

 

[MikeD]

i try not to venutre into forums that i don't have any useful input on.. but this title definately made me laugh out loud at work.. every land rover i've ever been in or seen that isn't on the dealership floor.. unfortunately has rattles, creeks, squeeks, rubs, whines.. you name it ;]