There are several threads on the exhaust rattle, and generally the fix is to twist the pipe in the clamp. This is not the ideal fix, and for me at least I have it turned as much as it will go without hitting somewhere else, the hanger is shimmed, and the connector is offset to allow a little more angle. Still it sometimes rattles. It rattled when I picked it up at the dealership. So here is the real fix, in MS Paint and real pics. I'll update it with on car and weld pics later.
Here is what the problem is, the clamps are tack welded on both canted the same direction. As a result, one is angled so it hits the underbody. Here is what it looks like from the front of the car.
So what I did was pop the weld on the passenger side clamp using a Dremel, then I twisted the clamp so it was lined up about the same as the other side but in the opposite direction. Here is how much I had to offset it.
Still need to tack weld it together then rehang it. This should fix the rattle permanently. As I said, even with everything twisted and offset and shimmed it still rattled. If anyone else is having as much of an issue with it, take a look at how they are angled. The tack weld isn't really necessary imo if you don't have a welder.
Here it is welded, I left it at my bro's shop and he offered to weld it so I could go back to work. He misunderstood the point of the weld and did about 10x too much
but it won't hurt anything. You can see how the bolt not hangs down instead of angled up, since the pipe is approximately at the angle it will be on the car. I rotated it down at least 45 degrees, probably more like 60.
I put the pipe back on, worked like a charm. Now I can set it to even out the tip and not worry about banging. This first pic shows how the band is now, I think I turned it too much as it is angled more than the other side but it isn't going to hurt anything unless I scrape it and even then it will be one of the lesser issues.
Here is a shot of the driver's side one, just for reference. As you can see it is less angled than the new passenger side. If I had welded it on the car on a lift, I would have matched them. But good enough. Probably about 35 degrees of rotation would have been ideal.
I didn't get a pic on top of the band so show the clearance, but it is enough that the tube will hit the bottom of the car before the band does. If you guys have any issues with rattling, and it is from this piece, the fix is super easy. And like I said, the weld is overkill. I would have been perfectly comfortable without rewelding it if I had not had access to a welder. If you do weld it, only do a single tack. The overdone welds my bro did make it so that even when the nut is loose, the band holds pretty tight. I wasn't able to rotate the tube inside while it was on the car to perfectly align it, I will probably eventually have to take it off and bang it with a mallet.
Here is what the problem is, the clamps are tack welded on both canted the same direction. As a result, one is angled so it hits the underbody. Here is what it looks like from the front of the car.
So what I did was pop the weld on the passenger side clamp using a Dremel, then I twisted the clamp so it was lined up about the same as the other side but in the opposite direction. Here is how much I had to offset it.
Still need to tack weld it together then rehang it. This should fix the rattle permanently. As I said, even with everything twisted and offset and shimmed it still rattled. If anyone else is having as much of an issue with it, take a look at how they are angled. The tack weld isn't really necessary imo if you don't have a welder.
Here it is welded, I left it at my bro's shop and he offered to weld it so I could go back to work. He misunderstood the point of the weld and did about 10x too much
but it won't hurt anything. You can see how the bolt not hangs down instead of angled up, since the pipe is approximately at the angle it will be on the car. I rotated it down at least 45 degrees, probably more like 60.
I put the pipe back on, worked like a charm. Now I can set it to even out the tip and not worry about banging. This first pic shows how the band is now, I think I turned it too much as it is angled more than the other side but it isn't going to hurt anything unless I scrape it and even then it will be one of the lesser issues.
Here is a shot of the driver's side one, just for reference. As you can see it is less angled than the new passenger side. If I had welded it on the car on a lift, I would have matched them. But good enough. Probably about 35 degrees of rotation would have been ideal.
I didn't get a pic on top of the band so show the clearance, but it is enough that the tube will hit the bottom of the car before the band does. If you guys have any issues with rattling, and it is from this piece, the fix is super easy. And like I said, the weld is overkill. I would have been perfectly comfortable without rewelding it if I had not had access to a welder. If you do weld it, only do a single tack. The overdone welds my bro did make it so that even when the nut is loose, the band holds pretty tight. I wasn't able to rotate the tube inside while it was on the car to perfectly align it, I will probably eventually have to take it off and bang it with a mallet.
