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An irritating rattle has developed.

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Hi,
When driving over small bumps my mx6 makes a rattling noise that seems to come from the back wheel on the passenger side (sounds like loose nuts and bolts being shaken in a tin can , kind of) . When its on a smooth road its fine and oddly it seems to stop when your braking. I've had rear drop-links done , they were knackered but haven't stopped the rattle. Yesterday i had an exhaust garage put it up on a ramp and he found a rattle on the front pipe heat sheild (flexi bit) which he said could "echo through the whole exhaust and make it sound like its at the back" .As yet i'm not convinced on that , he said the front-pipe could easily last another 12 months and to forget about until it corodes but the rattle is irritating on such a smooth car , any ideas would be welcome and btw how much is a front pipe ? they seem hard to get.
cheers
Matt Ker.
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hi mate, i think its your brakes fella, mine does the same. When its rattling, apply the breaks, see if the rattle stops. Apparently fixable with a new anti rattle kit from probe store, i havent had mine done yet, costs about £6 for the kit i think.

good luck!
hi mate, i think its your brakes fella, mine does the same. When its rattling, apply the breaks, see if the rattle stops. Apparently fixable with a new anti rattle kit from probe store, i havent had mine done yet, costs about £6 for the kit i think.

good luck!
Many thanks for that , i think you've hit the nail on the head , sometimes i can play the rattle like a tune by braking on and off . I'll try and get those kits and see if they cure it !

Matt .
great, its nice to be the helper for a change!:)
Check out this thread.

Hope its helps as I know how irritating that was.:tup:

http://www.mx6.com/forums/2g-mx6-general/214183-what-hell-noise.html
I used to have a terrible whining noise on the passenger side....

funny how it only did it when the wife was in })


John
hey matt did not realise u in padstow, what colour mx is yours, i live near winnards perch
I used to have a terrible whining noise on the passenger side....

funny how it only did it when the wife was in })


John
Yeah I had that aswell. A good kick did the trick though lol.

Elmer
hey matt did not realise u in padstow, what colour mx is yours, i live near winnards perch
Its red , i've seen pale metalic -blue M-reg with alloys around is that yours?
yep that was mine had 18's was pretty smart, sold that one as it was no end of trouble, shame it looked nice, got a K reg black one now
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