Front End Rattle

[SC Ty#0280]

I've been hearing a rattle from the front end around the wheel area for a while and haven't been able to locate it. I only hear it when i hit bumps at low and high speeds. It sounds as though something is loose. I've changed tie rods, idler and pitman arms, upper and lower ball joints, and it is still there and it drives me nucking futs!!!! Any ideas?

 

[DanenGraham]

I have same problem i think, can you kind of feal it in the floor boards?
i have replaced ball joints and idler arm and had every thing checked by 2 different shops and they cant find whats causing it. it does suck tig ol bitties

 

[SC Ty#0280]

I also changed torsion bar mounts.

 

[tyndago]

Do you have stock wheels ?

Loose center caps ? They sound really weird....

 

[Irid]

If you have Baer brakes you may be missing the little spring "C" type clips on the pads. If you don't have them the pads will rattle around like all hell. You'd probably notice this though, it would stop when you hit the brakes. But they really make noise if you lose a clip...

 

[SY756]

Haven't lost any tools to the SYTY engine bay gods have you?

 

[blow]

O- SO SIMPLE. REPLACE THE O-RINGS AND SPACERS IN THE CALIPERS. :wink:

 

[Loeryder]

Also check the start shaped "cap" that goes over the axle nut.
The one with the cotter pin through it.

When I had mine all apart they were loose and rattled all over the place.
reassembling i made sure to tweak the cotter pins so everything was snug and nothing could bounce around.

Another rattle I have found was the heat shields that go around the plugs.
On the drivers side one of those shield mounts was broken and rattled like a bitch. I just tweaked it so it wouldn't rattle until I feel like swapping them out for new ones. Probably not until I pull the headers for portmatching and some coating.