Rattling Noise.

Frogsthatmoo · 09-11-2007, 04:15 PM

Ok, I've been reading a lot about removing the heat shields around the exhaust and so yesterday I put the car up on the jack stands to have a look just for fun and to fiddle around and see what I would have to do. Well, I gave taking the shields off a try but the bolts are rather snug (more like impossible). So I just gave up and looked around under there. While I was under there I spun the front wheels maybe 2 rotations because it was sort of cool to see the other side to spin the opposite way. I figured it wouldn't be bad for it but just in case, I spun it the opposite way twice to sort of counter act what I had done.

Well, now there's a rattling noise whenever the car is going slow and accelerating. There's really only two options as two what I had done under there. I highly doubt I loosened the shielding much (the bolt did NOT turn at all). But I also fear that spinning the wheels for that very little bit was a really bad idea.

Now what should I do? Should I completely remove the shields or maybe try to tighten them? Or should I have my local car mechanic take a look at the car as I am friends with them and they could have a looksy for free.

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ttatsumi · 09-11-2007, 04:29 PM

Take it to a mechanic for free if you have that option.
I asked the dealership to fix the rattle on the heatshield they charged me $100...i know it was such a stupid idea...and after a year it came back. Just take it off...Everyone took their's off.

linsavy · 09-11-2007, 04:43 PM

Rotating your wheels did zero harm. Tugging on the heatshields probably made them worse. You can get some hose clamps from the store and clamp the shields more tightly. It will help for a while at least.

silentracer · 09-11-2007, 04:48 PM

Its kinda pointless to try to tighten things yourself down there because its almost guaranteed that the bolts are rusted. I payed about 10-20 bucks for a mechanic to lift up the car and bang on each heatsheild till it was obvious which one did it, then he had to take a circular saw and chop it off cause it wasn't coming out otherwise.

Heres a video of my rattle btw
http://youtube.com/watch?v=hbEeYw9v4Mk

Frogsthatmoo · 09-11-2007, 05:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by silentracer

Its kinda pointless to try to tighten things yourself down there because its almost guaranteed that the bolts are rusted. I payed about 10-20 bucks for a mechanic to lift up the car and bang on each heatsheild till it was obvious which one did it, then he had to take a circular saw and chop it off cause it wasn't coming out otherwise.

Heres a video of my rattle btw
http://youtube.com/watch?v=hbEeYw9v4Mk

Awesome! That's exactly what mine sounds like. Well, tomorrow I will schedule them to hack off the offending (and embarrassingly annoying) shield.

I was getting really worried that I had truly done something bad by spinning the tires.

Huffer · 09-11-2007, 10:44 PM

Short-bladed sawzall, some gloves, a little bit of elbow grease and you're done.

09-11-2007, 04:15 PM	#1
Frogsthatmoo Scooby Specialist Member#: 153374 Join Date: Jul 2007 Chapter/Region: South East Location: Ocala, FL Vehicle: 2001 Outback Wagon White	Rattling Noise. Ok, I've been reading a lot about removing the heat shields around the exhaust and so yesterday I put the car up on the jack stands to have a look just for fun and to fiddle around and see what I would have to do. Well, I gave taking the shields off a try but the bolts are rather snug (more like impossible). So I just gave up and looked around under there. While I was under there I spun the front wheels maybe 2 rotations because it was sort of cool to see the other side to spin the opposite way. I figured it wouldn't be bad for it but just in case, I spun it the opposite way twice to sort of counter act what I had done. Well, now there's a rattling noise whenever the car is going slow and accelerating. There's really only two options as two what I had done under there. I highly doubt I loosened the shielding much (the bolt did NOT turn at all). But I also fear that spinning the wheels for that very little bit was a really bad idea. Now what should I do? Should I completely remove the shields or maybe try to tighten them? Or should I have my local car mechanic take a look at the car as I am friends with them and they could have a looksy for free. * Registered users of the site do not see these ads.

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09-11-2007, 04:29 PM	#2
ttatsumi Scooby Newbie Member#: 85763 Join Date: Apr 2005 Chapter/Region: Tri-State Location: NY	Take it to a mechanic for free if you have that option. I asked the dealership to fix the rattle on the heatshield they charged me $100...i know it was such a stupid idea...and after a year it came back. Just take it off...Everyone took their's off.

09-11-2007, 04:43 PM	#3
linsavy Scooby Specialist Member#: 11620 Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Lexus IS300 Vehicle: 1997 GF4 -STiV3 Saab 93 TX sportcombi	Rotating your wheels did zero harm. Tugging on the heatshields probably made them worse. You can get some hose clamps from the store and clamp the shields more tightly. It will help for a while at least.

09-11-2007, 04:48 PM	#4
silentracer Scooby Newbie Member#: 133136 Join Date: Nov 2006 Chapter/Region: Tri-State Location: Brooklyn, NYC Vehicle: 2006 Legacy GT LMT Altlantic Blue SQC#?	Its kinda pointless to try to tighten things yourself down there because its almost guaranteed that the bolts are rusted. I payed about 10-20 bucks for a mechanic to lift up the car and bang on each heatsheild till it was obvious which one did it, then he had to take a circular saw and chop it off cause it wasn't coming out otherwise. Heres a video of my rattle btw http://youtube.com/watch?v=hbEeYw9v4Mk

09-11-2007, 10:44 PM	#6
Huffer Scooby Specialist Member#: 36735 Join Date: May 2003 Chapter/Region: MWSOC Location: Wellington,NZ / Willoughby,OH Vehicle: 99 GF8 Impreza 2.0 2= 1998 BD + BK Legacy GT	Short-bladed sawzall, some gloves, a little bit of elbow grease and you're done.