len1 Posted April 18, 2019 Report Share Posted April 18, 2019 I have a rattle in my rear backbox or should I say I think it's in the back box ! Has anyone local to me got one sitting in their garage that I could try before I send mine back to the manufacturer to save looking like a fool. It's not the clamps rattling.....been all over the car , Len Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Steves_TR6 Posted April 18, 2019 Report Share Posted April 18, 2019 (edited) I have a spare backbox from a single pipe big bore system here in Chertsey if thats close enough Len its a mild steel ( ugly) one but solid! Edited April 18, 2019 by Steves_TR6 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
len1 Posted April 18, 2019 Author Report Share Posted April 18, 2019 Thanks Steve. Is that the traditional type box as in, how they were originally ? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Steves_TR6 Posted April 18, 2019 Report Share Posted April 18, 2019 No, its not across the frame but ‘straight out the back’ Quote Link to post Share on other sites
len1 Posted April 18, 2019 Author Report Share Posted April 18, 2019 thanks Steve , but thats not going to work easily cheers Len Quote Link to post Share on other sites
len1 Posted April 18, 2019 Author Report Share Posted April 18, 2019 ok,,,so i got my youngest daughter Sinead out today to have a listen , she declares the noise is in the middle of the car, so i check everything is tight , and it is. I have now taken off the clamp to gearbox , it was tight , and the noise is gone ! doesnt make any sense to me , but to be honest i dont care much as the noise is gone ....a good day ! Len Quote Link to post Share on other sites
harlequin Posted April 18, 2019 Report Share Posted April 18, 2019 Len If your car has a J type overdrive the gearbox exhaust bracket is very flimsy and will bend if you ground the exhaust on a speed bump, it then hold the exhaust against the chassis which results in a rattle. Best thing you can do with the bracket is throw it in the bin George Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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