from time to time I still had some rattle when speed, bump and/or pothole got in sync to trigger it, but it seems those few cases are gone, since I replaced roof microswitches #4, #5 as preventive maintenance
I happily realized the other day, that I don't hear the rattle anymore the places where it got always triggered
there's a step, putting the roof back together, which is probably responsible for this:
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non-metallic rattle from rear side when going over pothole or bump
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non-metallic rattle from rear side when going over pothole or bump
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non-metallic rattle from rear side when going over pothole or bump
Hah, agreed I spent ages looking for it... lol
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non-metallic rattle from rear side when going over pothole or bump
How do you adjust those space buffers? just pull them up?tintoverano wrote: ↑Sun Feb 23, 2020 7:26 pm whoa whoa
adjusting the rubber space buffers worked https://www.newtis.info/tisv2/a/en/e89- ... e/AfKTvqOq
I had the noise coming from behind the passenger seat on the right side, so raised those two buffers - lower: ~1.5mm, upper: ~1mm
what a relief this test drive was
thanks for pointers Rob
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non-metallic rattle from rear side when going over pothole or bump
yes, release the screws a bit and move up
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Coding Help, Stubby, Remap, K&N filter, Cruise Ctrl, Reverse cam, Instrument Cluster Color, UR front brace, CDV delete, Android on CIC, Roof Module, LSD
Coding Help, Stubby, Remap, K&N filter, Cruise Ctrl, Reverse cam, Instrument Cluster Color, UR front brace, CDV delete, Android on CIC, Roof Module, LSD