Any way to keep a broken cat from rattling?
07-08-2008, 01:18 PM
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Any way to keep a broken cat from rattling?
My aftermarket catted H-pipe has a bad cat, andit rattles sometimes. Its just my luck not to have any of the warrenty info, etc.
Just wondering if anybody knew how to quite the rattle down, aside from replacing it. This sounds pretty ghetto, but what if I ran a screw up into it, would that hold everything in place?
07-08-2008, 02:04 PM
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RE: Any way to keep a broken cat from rattling?
take the pipe off and gut it out its thats simple
07-08-2008, 02:11 PM
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RE: Any way to keep a broken cat from rattling?
Im trying to keepthem some what functional, or else I would just have them cut out and some press-bent pipe welded in.
07-08-2008, 02:40 PM
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RE: Any way to keep a broken cat from rattling?
that cat is no longer functional, all it is doing is blocking the exhaust from passing through...take the pipe down and gut the broken cat
07-08-2008, 02:46 PM
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RE: Any way to keep a broken cat from rattling?
Are you sure it isnt the heat shield?
07-08-2008, 03:00 PM
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RE: Any way to keep a broken cat from rattling?
I had the guy at the muffler shop run it up on the lift w/ me it in. I tapped the gas to make it rattle and he said the cat is bad...
07-08-2008, 03:05 PM
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RE: Any way to keep a broken cat from rattling?
ok then gut the cat there is nothing else you can do. its already non-functional since it got jarred out of place inside the pipe
07-08-2008, 06:21 PM
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RE: Any way to keep a broken cat from rattling?
yeap thats really your only option
07-08-2008, 08:43 PM
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RE: Any way to keep a broken cat from rattling?
gut it or replace it!!!
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