Rattle, rattle, QUIET.............

dandywarhol · Post by **dandywarhol** » Tue Jan 23, 2007 6:48 pm

After a year of coping with Edinburgh's cobbled streets and the country's obsession with traffic calming bumps my van began to develop the classic drop link rattle at low speeds from the front.

I got a set of links and started to check out the source of the rattle ---- not the links, they were perfect

The problem lay in the anti roll bar to chassis rubbers beginning to wear and "oval"

As the van was up on axle stands and the wheels off I decided to repair rather than replace and cut up some old tyre inner tube into a strip, wrap it around the anti roll bar and refitted the original rubber bush and clamp with some rubber grease between all the bits.
Tightened it all up and the job's a carrot

Nice and quiet and a tenner saved on a pair of new bushes, not to mention the hassle of having to do it all another day........happy chappie

jimsmimm · Post by **jimsmimm** » Tue Jan 23, 2007 8:27 pm

typical tight ar**d scots man approach

mikeonb4c · Post by **mikeonb4c** » Tue Jan 23, 2007 11:00 pm

Useful tip indeed that dandywarhol - I imagine clonks can be tricky to track down. I dont have anything serious but I'd like to get Mango as clonk free as poss over time

dandywarhol · Post by **dandywarhol** » Wed Jan 24, 2007 12:18 am

jimsmimm wrote:typical tight ar**d scots man approach

Thanks Jim - I could always rely on a fellow tight arse to comment..........

Dabs · Post by **Dabs** » Wed Jan 24, 2007 12:21 am

Dandy,
You could have always sprayed it with WD40 its good on clanks as well as screeches/rattles

Dabs

mikeonb4c · Post by **mikeonb4c** » Wed Jan 24, 2007 12:21 am

I wont crack my joke about Yorkshiremen then, or I'll be caught in a pincer movement between the Scots and the Yorkies

rwill19050 · Post by **rwill19050** » Wed Jan 24, 2007 10:44 am

An excellent 'problem solver'. Just what a forum should be about.
Many thanks, that one will go into the memory bank.

Veg_Ian · Post by **Veg_Ian** » Wed Jan 24, 2007 11:43 am

As the van was up on axle stands and the wheels off I decided to repair rather than replace and cut up some old tyre inner tube into a strip, wrap it around the anti roll bar and refitted the original rubber bush and clamp with some rubber grease between all the bits.

I've done similar to vehicles in the past but have only treated it as a temporary fix as I'm not too sure they would pass the MOT.

dandywarhol · Post by **dandywarhol** » Wed Jan 24, 2007 3:56 pm

Well, it just passed the MOT with the worn bushes................

vic swan · Post by **vic swan** » Wed Jan 24, 2007 4:08 pm

Well done, Alan. I thought the days of bits of string and chewing gum were a thing of the past.

Vic

mikeonb4c · Post by **mikeonb4c** » Wed Jan 24, 2007 4:30 pm

Methinks you are both right Dandy and Veg.

Years back, I did some rewiring in my house by moving my electricity meter. Very sound, no probs. Meter man came one day and said 'thats been moved, and its not approved'. I said it must have been the previous owner

So the professionals from the Leccy Board come round to make a mandatory move of the meter back to where it was and promptly drill through the mains cable. They then say they will have to switch the electricity off for the whole house and cant say when someone will be able to come round and make good the damage.

So, if its on the axle stands, fit the b*****y inner tube. I'll bet its sound as a pound. Just hope the MOT people dont go 'allo, this isnt standard'

Mike

dandywarhol · Post by **dandywarhol** » Wed Jan 24, 2007 6:48 pm

In fact you can't see the bodge.......erm, repair - its under the bush and bracket - all it's doing is adding some more rubber to the bush.
driving home tonight it was soooo quiet I fell asleep at the wheel and woke up at home...........

Maybe I'll try and post a photie..............