Strange rattle above 3k

SileNceR · Postby **SileNceR** » Sat Apr 22, 2006 10:22 pm

is the exhaust close to anything?

try and shake the cat converter by hand, it could have become brittle and disintegrated.

irwin83r · Postby **irwin83r** » Wed Apr 26, 2006 7:07 pm

theres a bracket that holds the exhaust that shares a bolt on the gear box bell houseing. on the nb8a anyway, thats not loose is it?

Curly · Postby **Curly** » Thu Apr 27, 2006 2:22 am

irwin83r wrote:theres a bracket that holds the exhaust that shares a bolt on the gear box bell houseing. on the nb8a anyway, thats not loose is it?

That was the cause of (one of) a rattle on my NA after changing the clutch. When I removed the exhaust, the heatshield on the exhaust was fractured, and I broke it completely.

Fix? Buy some extractors off ebay and get rid of that heatshield completely.

jules · Postby **jules** » Thu Apr 27, 2006 10:02 am

I removed the header heatshield 3 years ago.

Jules

DanielB · Postby **DanielB** » Mon May 08, 2006 12:57 pm

My header heatshield is also cracked.

I've been trying over the past 3 days to remove the bolts holding it on, i have 2 left to go now. They are firmly rusted in place, i broke a vice-clamp style tool trying to get these first 3 off, buying another this arvo to give the last 2 a crack :lol: