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Old 03-24-2013, 07:05 AM
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Default Exhaust vibration..

Kinda sounds like a heat shield of sorts. Anybody experience this before? Or know what it might be?
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I have the same "vibration" goes away when rig is warmed up. I've spent some time hunting under the jeep, but have not found it yet.
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I've noticed that I can make it vibrate on command by fluctuating the gas pedal to certain rpm's ... Annoying as hell.
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Sounds like a heat shield. Do a search, there are a number of threads here on the subject.
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Subscribed something vibrates and rattles on mine as well and sounds like the same issue.
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I'll be crawling around under my jeep this weekend to try to find the source.
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Check the exhaust cross member that runs in front of the transmission cross member. It has a heat shield that is spot welded to the exhaust pipe. one or two of the spot welds will break loose and cause a vibration that sounds like it is coming from the passenger side floor.
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Originally Posted by TheDirtman
Check the exhaust cross member that runs in front of the transmission cross member. It has a heat shield that is spot welded to the exhaust pipe. one or two of the spot welds will break loose and cause a vibration that sounds like it is coming from the passenger side floor.
This is exactly the problem. My sister's 07 had this issue, if you don't have access to a welder or don't want to pay for it (like me ) I fixed it by using a big flat screw driver and using it to separate the shield from the pipe. All you need is really little clearance between the two and the noise will go away .
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Originally Posted by Verdulken

This is exactly the problem. My sister's 07 had this issue, if you don't have access to a welder or don't want to pay for it (like me ) I fixed it by using a big flat screw driver and using it to separate the shield from the pipe. All you need is really little clearance between the two and the noise will go away .
Yeah, sometimes you can get away just prying the shield out some to give it some clearance. It worked for me.
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I'm going to hawk eye that area, thanks guys..


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