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From: ronbon on 28 Jul 2010 11:58 Large shield under muffler fell down at 44,000 miles. Is this a warranty fix or can I do this at home? The plastic fuel tank is close by. Ron
From: nm5k on 28 Jul 2010 20:59 On Jul 28, 10:58 am, ronbon <n...(a)msn.com> wrote: > Large shield under muffler fell down at 44,000 miles. Is this a > warranty fix or can I do this at home? The plastic fuel tank is close > by. > Ron Mine did that at 25k miles.. Myself, I just took a piece of coat hanger and hung back up myself. But mine only broke on one mount location. It was hanging kind of cockeyed.. I'm whacking mine all the time on brush and weeds when I'm up in the country, so I didn't sweat it too much. It gets whacked the worst when I'm backing up. It's kind of like a grass blade.. :/ If it's under warranty, might as well take it in if you want it as factory. I haven't look at mine in some time, but I don't think it's close enough to the fuel tank to do anything. It's mainly for not starting brush fires when you park the hot cat on top of grass. Almost all cars have had those since they started using cat's in 1975 or so..
From: Hachiroku ハチロク on 28 Jul 2010 21:06 On Wed, 28 Jul 2010 17:59:02 -0700, nm5k wrote: > On Jul 28, 10:58 am, ronbon <n...(a)msn.com> wrote: >> Large shield under muffler fell down at 44,000 miles. Is this a >> warranty fix or can I do this at home? The plastic fuel tank is close >> by. >> Ron > > Mine did that at 25k miles.. Myself, I just took a piece of > coat hanger and hung back up myself. > But mine only broke on one mount location. It was hanging > kind of cockeyed.. > I'm whacking mine all the time on brush and weeds when I'm > up in the country, so I didn't sweat it too much. It gets whacked > the worst when I'm backing up. It's kind of like a grass blade.. :/ > If it's under warranty, might as well take it in if you want it as > factory. I haven't look at mine in some time, but I don't think > it's close enough to the fuel tank to do anything. > It's mainly for not starting brush fires when you park the > hot cat on top of grass. Almost all cars have had those > since they started using cat's in 1975 or so.. Honda dealers in the 80's had a fix for rattling heat shields. Removing them...
From: larry moe 'n curly on 28 Jul 2010 22:11 Hachiroku $B%O%A%m%/(B wrote: > > On Wed, 28 Jul 2010 17:59:02 -0700, nm5k wrote: > > > On Jul 28, 10:58 am, ronbon <n...(a)msn.com> wrote: > > >> Large shield under muffler fell down at 44,000 miles. Is this a > >> warranty fix or can I do this at home? The plastic fuel tank is close by. > > > > Mine did that at 25k miles.. Myself, I just took a piece of > > coat hanger and hung back up myself. > > But mine only broke on one mount location. It was hanging > > kind of cockeyed.. > > I'm whacking mine all the time on brush and weeds when I'm > > up in the country, so I didn't sweat it too much. It gets whacked > > the worst when I'm backing up. It's kind of like a grass blade.. :/ > > If it's under warranty, might as well take it in if you want it as > > factory. I haven't look at mine in some time, but I don't think > > it's close enough to the fuel tank to do anything. > > It's mainly for not starting brush fires when you park the > > hot cat on top of grass. Almost all cars have had those > > since they started using cat's in 1975 or so.. > > Honda dealers in the 80's had a fix for rattling heat shields. > > Removing them... I thought the usual official factory fix was to tie them to the exhaust pipes with stainless steel worm clamps. That's what Ford recommended.
From: Ray O on 29 Jul 2010 00:36
"larry moe 'n curly" <larrymoencurly(a)my-deja.com> wrote in message news:1dcce2a5-17da-4b8a-a0cd-4d5af9b047a3(a)y12g2000prb.googlegroups.com... > > > Hachiroku $B%O%A%m%/(B wrote: >> >> On Wed, 28 Jul 2010 17:59:02 -0700, nm5k wrote: >> >> > On Jul 28, 10:58 am, ronbon <n...(a)msn.com> wrote: >> >> >> Large shield under muffler fell down at 44,000 miles. Is this a >> >> warranty fix or can I do this at home? The plastic fuel tank is close >> >> by. >> > >> > Mine did that at 25k miles.. Myself, I just took a piece of >> > coat hanger and hung back up myself. >> > But mine only broke on one mount location. It was hanging >> > kind of cockeyed.. >> > I'm whacking mine all the time on brush and weeds when I'm >> > up in the country, so I didn't sweat it too much. It gets whacked >> > the worst when I'm backing up. It's kind of like a grass blade.. :/ >> > If it's under warranty, might as well take it in if you want it as >> > factory. I haven't look at mine in some time, but I don't think >> > it's close enough to the fuel tank to do anything. >> > It's mainly for not starting brush fires when you park the >> > hot cat on top of grass. Almost all cars have had those >> > since they started using cat's in 1975 or so.. >> >> Honda dealers in the 80's had a fix for rattling heat shields. >> >> Removing them... > > I thought the usual official factory fix was to tie them to the > exhaust pipes with stainless steel worm clamps. That's what Ford > recommended. The official factory fix is to replace the shield with a new OEM one. The unofficial (and more common) fix is to tie it up with stainless steel bailing wire. A worm clamp also works but it costs more. The official factory fix for a buzzing or rattling heat shield is to replace it with a new OEM one. The unofficial fix is to use a kinetic adjustment tool on it to dimple it so it doesn't resonate. -- Ray O (correct punctuation to reply) |