my 2012 2 door heat shield fell off , and is floating over the muffler . seems
what ever type fasteners it had rotted off ( no surprize ) anyway can i just remove it totaly ? I cant see why not, theres not any thing that could catch fire there from what i could see .

thanks

 

There is an adhesive style you can buy from summit. Peel and stick. I doubt you'd have an issue with it off, but it will put a good amount of heat into the floor, making the Jeep warmer inside. Enough heat could mess with the paint. Try it and let us know.

 

unless i get some fender washers and some type of nut that would fit the threaded studs / would anyone know what type thread those are that hold the heat shield ? They are pretty rusted and cant tell but maybe i can clean them up a little it was dark and i couldnt see up in there well when i looked crap was fallen in my face lol ( i got out ) before a hunk of rust fell in my eye with no goggles on .
i was ready to bend it and tear it out but not sure if it would cause a fire hazard really ?

 

Happened to me too. I ripped it out. I don't have to worry about it rattling again

 

I used wide push-on nuts from a body shop; just held the shield up on the studs and pushed on the nuts. That was quite a few years ago. No problems since.

 

i think i found the size nuts appears to be 1/4 - 28 fine thread
got it up temp until i can get some 2 inch fender washers and maybe use
1/4 -28 self locking nuts im thinking those original nuts will need to be removed for it to sit up flush . Or leave them and put a washer on above and below heat shield so it wont float around .
wonder why they rot off it looks to be aluminum unless its vibration ? (pita)
as usual it happens in cold crappy weather couldnt happen in the summer


ronjenx ( do you remember if you removed the factory nuts first?
i dont want to try and remove them and have the stud floating around trying to secure that too lol ) are those studs welded on to the tub?
btw I thought of those push ons too but then wondered if the heat would melt them , guess not I think ill find the nuts at tractor supply quicker than those push on ones could be found here

 

part of me wants to toss it and the other part of me says resecure it my luck as it can be

 

The push-on nuts I used are steel. I got them from a parts store that specializes in auto paints and auto body hardware.

I don't recall if I removed the original nuts.

 

didnt know they made steel ones . might be easyer to just do the washer above and below lol rather than trying to get them off but there again , if they are rusty that will only lead to body rot if left on there maybe . grrr prob have to remove them to be certain .
im getting closer to the other guy who ripped his off no more rattles lol

 

People do things and often get away with it.
Personally, I feel the heat shield is there for a reason, so I took the necessary steps to leave it securely in place.