Tinny rattle, any suggestions?

Well I finally figured it out, seems 2 bolts on the metal under body plate had worked slightly loose and thus the metal tray could rattle when driving.

Relief! Now I can go back to chasing interior plastic rattles :rofl:
 
The one with 8 bolts or the smaller gearbox one? The big one is structural so they need to be tightened up properly, need 150 Nm or so, quite a bit!
 
Scooba_Steve said:
The one with 8 bolts or the smaller gearbox one? The big one is structural so they need to be tightened up properly, need 150 Nm or so, quite a bit!
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The main one, and the correct torque is 59nm +90 degrees which is what they have.
 
I've actually ordered a new set of them, seems they are designed as 1 time use as its a Torque To Yield spec bolt, for the sake of a few quid I may as well replace them all properly.
 
Quite possible, I had it off approx 1 year ago to replace the control arms and bushes and reused the bolts, think I missed threadlock on these 2 though but I'll just swap them all out for new ones when they're delivered, peace of mind if nothing else!
 
Scooba_Steve said:
A very sound plan, i do wonder if they work loose if used more than once.
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Well, new bolts fitted yesterday. They may not be a high torque number but it turns out 59nm is quite easy to do. The plus 90 degrees after however is bloody hard work when you're lying on the driveway on your back!

I'm sure the bolt and mount both being grade 10.9 steel probably makes it a that bit harder too :rofl:
 
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