Exhaust system rattles

[juliemac57 at hotmail.com (Julie Macfarlane)]

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New hangers sounds easy.
>
>I think you're both right.  In addition to the hard metallic sounds coming
>from the muffler area (likely axle beam), muted thumping from the handbrake 
>area
>is intermittantly audible.  When I looked under the car, I noticed the
>resonator is leaving a mark in the soft aluminum heat shield in that area.  
>Hard to
>say if it's new or not.
>
>The new downpipe has a mostly rigid joint at the manifold.  If the primary
>motion is up as the engine rotates forward, would putting the OEM flex 
>joint
>back in help solve this problem?
>
>Grant
>
>
> > It is rattling on the rear axle beam. Get new rubber mounts and be done
> > with it.
>
>actually, it sounds like his exhaust is sitting too high back there, 
>hitting
>the fuel tank heat shield. the reason i say this is that its hitting while
>coasting, where the engine torques forward, which causes the exhaust to
>pivot upward. also, if his hangers arent vertical, there is less vertical
>space per given hanger, which would also make the exhaust sit high.
>Al
>
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