Blue Oval

When I'm driving in any gear at this certain RPM around 1500, I hear a rattling noise from under my car around the shifter, but it's a little hard to pinpoint. My friend says it could be the cats rattling, any ideas?

HACKGT350

throw out bearing maybe mine is ratling and its been pissing me off

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badtzmaru

I hear the same thing on my ranger.........damn it and it is pissing me off too.

TBird232ci

sounds like the cat heat shield

Kbush723

first i would go with the cat heat shield.. .. chances of it being the throw out or pilot .. there pretty noticable..

Blue Oval

is there a way to tighten those cat heat shields up?

Kbush723

weld them back .. but unless your dirving threw a hay field no real reason for them.. they dont create enough heat to bother you in the cabin..
and unless you start dumping raw fuel in them.. it should be all ok.. i just cut mine off.. well only the one that was rattling.. it popped a weld right toward the back of the cat.. couldent notice it unless i reached up and felt it with my hand

sc94gt

No need to weld the shield back on. Usually it's just one or two corners loose.
Just got to the Home Depot and pick up some longer stainless steel hose clamps.
That'll button it right down.

Blue Oval

so youre saying get a hose clamp and go around the whole cat? thats gonna be one long clamp, do they make them that big or will i need to hook a few together?