super-annoying door rattle

[amalventano at sc.rr.com (Allyn)]

yank the interior panel and leave it like that for a few days. drive around
with a passenger and have them mess with it (armed with flashlight/hanger).
my hunch is that you may have left the regulator loose (after replacing the
glass perhaps?).
Al

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "T. Reed" <treed2@u.washington.edu>
To: <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Sent: Sunday, October 05, 2003 7:04 PM
Subject: super-annoying door rattle


> Since about a month ago when that scumbag broke my passenger door window,
> I've developed a new rattle in my passenger door.  It sounds like it's
> coming from the area behind the window crank, but it's not the plastic
> hand crank itself.
>
> It happens at 3000 +/- 100 rpm and is louder than the engine, exhaust and
> road noise combined. Conveniently, due to my new tranny, many of the
> speeds I frequently cruise at (35mph, 60mph, etc) around town fall close
> enough to 3000 rpm to make the noise. I just about ripped the whole door
> off and chucked it off a bridge last night because the rattle was driving
> me **crazy**!
>
> Anyway, since I have limited tools and working space in my apartment
> parking lot, I figured I'd ask for 'related experiences' before diving in
> to fix it. Not that I haven't taken the door panel off a bazillion times,
> but I don't wanna sit there revving the engine to 3000 rpm in neutral
> trying to reach across the passenger side and stick my hand in the door
> and make the rattle stop. I think some of my neighbors might get a little
> pissed off.
>
> So.. I spent about a half hour vacuuming all the glass bits out of the
> door but I suppose it's possible some got stuck higher up and just now
> fell down. But would they make that loud of a noise? (I do have stiff
> front+rear motor mounts.. hmm, maybe they would..)
>
> I haven't ever looked at a window regulator out of the car, do they have
> moving parts that could loosen up internally and rattle? Do the regulators
> themselves have a habit of working loose?
>
> Grr.. if I could just get rid of this and some of my other annoying
> rattles, I think my blood pressure would go down and my car would be much
> more enjoyable to drive.
>
> -Toby
>
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