Date: Wed, 19 May 2021 08:27:49 -0700
Reply-To: Stacy Schneider <vwcrewman@GMAIL.COM>
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From: Stacy Schneider <vwcrewman@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: Common front end rattles?
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Check for loose lower shock bolts.
On Tue, May 18, 2021 at 9:59 AM Eric Caron <ericcaron96@comcast.net> wrote:
> Hi Andrew,
>
> This is great information. I also have the same Anti sway bar
> recently installed. I need to go on a few bumpy roads to test some ideas.
>
> Funny thing is after our recent 400 mile trip I didn’t hear the rattle
> much. Likely because it was all paved roads. I rally hear it the most on
> dirt roads. I travel over many of them near my home in Vt.
>
> I looked a bit at the bar and it sure looks beautiful and also installed
> tight.
>
> Did you really only take off and replace two bolts? What did you use for
> the shim material?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Eric Caron
> 85 GL Auto
> With a very happy suspension over all.
> Rattle may turn out to be just about anything.
>
>
>
> > On May 15, 2021, at 9:08 PM, Andrew Martin <ramblinvan@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
> >
> > I chased a front end rattle for years on my 87 West Weekender. I’ve
> owned and maintained many Vanagons since 1989 and this rattle really had me
> stumped...
> > I’d replaced my stock front anti-sway bar with a new and bigger T3
> Techniques anti-sway bar that had nice polyurethane bushings so it couldn’t
> be that, right? Ha!
> > Sure enough, after all the fiddling around I’d done checking/changing
> radiator mounts, ball joints, suspension and steering rack bushings etc it
> turned out that the new bushings that attach the T3 Techniques anti-sway
> bar to the body would appear to be tight when loaded but were loose when
> the suspension moved.
> > Christopher at T3 says he has a cure in production but I simply loosened
> the mounting bolts, slipped a 1/4 shim between the bushing and the body and
> tightened the mounts back up. Problem solved.
> >
> > Good luck Eric. I enjoy reading your posts very much.
> > Andrew
> >
> > Sent from my iPad
> >
> >> On May 14, 2021, at 7:18 PM, Eric Caron <ericcaron96@comcast.net>
> wrote:
> >>
> >> Hi folks,
> >>
> >> Well, the front end rattle I developed isn’t the radiator after all.
> I did have a radiator that was moving easily and now it is rock solid. But
> There is still a rattle on bumpy roads.
> >>
> >> I’m going to remove my spare tire carrier just to see if by chance that
> is it but I suspect something else.
> >>
> >> Are there any usual suspects that cause a rattle when wheels are
> bouncing on a dirt type road. I hear it on other roads but not as much.
> >>
> >> It has that something metal rattling with bumpy vibration sound. On
> smooth roads it is silent.
> >>
> >> So, any usual suspects for me to check?
> >> Van was aligned before my trip. They commented they thought my tire
> carrier was rattling.
> >>
> >> It sure seems rock solid to me but I’ll remove and test drive.
> >>
> >> It is a van cafe tire holder and my rear bolts I have in there could be
> a bit larger.
> >>
> >>
> >> The Sounds like it is either in the center, wheels or front of them
> area. But sound is always hard to track down.
> >> Van is running, driving, steering, stopping, and handling great.
> >>
> >> I just don’t like this new fairly loud rattle.
> >>
> >> Eric Caron
> >> 85 GL auto
> >> OCD, who me?
>
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