rattling sound under car when rpms are at 2500-2800
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Exactly what i was thinking. I have a turbo back and just finished the catback yesterday and my downpipe at idle and lower rpms hits that cross brace. Just gonna thow some extra washers on it as ive heard this can fix the problem cuz it drops the brace a bit lower
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My crossbrace gets bent all the time. It's the lowest point on the car. If you're lowered you will hit it. I don't know if I'd put washers on it. It's just going to hit more often and harder the lower it is. You'll still have to take it off and bend it back if you hit something washers or not.
I have to take mine off every once in a while and bend it back. It's pretty easy to bend. Just support the ends off the ground and tap the middle with anything heavy. We have bad roads in Alaska.
I have to take mine off every once in a while and bend it back. It's pretty easy to bend. Just support the ends off the ground and tap the middle with anything heavy. We have bad roads in Alaska.
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My crossbrace gets bent all the time. It's the lowest point on the car. If you're lowered you will hit it. I don't know if I'd put washers on it. It's just going to hit more often and harder the lower it is. You'll still have to take it off and bend it back if you hit something washers or not.
I have to take mine off every once in a while and bend it back. It's pretty easy to bend. Just support the ends off the ground and tap the middle with anything heavy. We have bad roads in Alaska.
I have to take mine off every once in a while and bend it back. It's pretty easy to bend. Just support the ends off the ground and tap the middle with anything heavy. We have bad roads in Alaska.
My crossmember it completly straight though and in the 2 years Ive owned my evo 8 i have NEVER hit it on anything. I never take my car off road tho. I have a DC 3" downpipe w/cat delete and a megan 3" catback. before it rattled hard and my girlfriend would ask why this why that. But now I hear nothing from my car or the mouth in the seat next to me
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Wow those roads must be brutal. I live in Wisconsin and I thought our roads were bad. I only drive in the summer but still. Anyways I just put two washers under each bolt hole today so a total of 6 washers and I drove it alot to see if I would hear it on hard bumps where I normally would and when my engine was hot and had a low rpm when I would hear it before. And I am glad to say it has cured the problem 100%.
My crossmember it completly straight though and in the 2 years Ive owned my evo 8 i have NEVER hit it on anything. I never take my car off road tho. I have a DC 3" downpipe w/cat delete and a megan 3" catback. before it rattled hard and my girlfriend would ask why this why that. But now I hear nothing from my car or the mouth in the seat next to me
My crossmember it completly straight though and in the 2 years Ive owned my evo 8 i have NEVER hit it on anything. I never take my car off road tho. I have a DC 3" downpipe w/cat delete and a megan 3" catback. before it rattled hard and my girlfriend would ask why this why that. But now I hear nothing from my car or the mouth in the seat next to me
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Are you stock ride height? I'm on swift springs and I can't even go over some speed bumps. Usually it's a rock on a gravel road that hits the crossbrace. The front tires go in a dip or rut in the road and it only takes a 2" rock to hit it. I've never hit it that hard usually I'm going really slow if the road is rough. I've gotten used to driving a lowered car.
HAHA every road is different every car is too. Either way it worked for me. Just a suggestion. I am a little jealous of the Alaska views you get there man. that place looks fricken amazing.
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Get under the car right up near where the driveshaft meets the tranny. There's a dust cover there that is notorious for coming loose. I ended up just cutting mine off after about the 3rd time it came loose. If it sounds like a bad throw out bearing, then this is the culprit.