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 Posted - 13 May 2005 : 10:17:15 PM
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Ok, I know this could be caused by heaps of different stuff, but i thought i heard somewhere that this is common in VN's and there was some basic stuff to look for or change. I really enjoy my car, goes hard, cruizy etc, but man the idle sounds like a sherman tank! all rattle rattle rattle...any ideas guys?
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Posted - 19 May 2005 : 09:23:42 AM
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| i reckon it would be most likely a loose timing chain, if this is the case it will need replacing |
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SCUMMY
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Posted - 22 May 2005 : 02:22:11 AM
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| could be front pully highmonic ballancer?? |
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VH BOMB
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Posted - 18 Jun 2005 : 4:36:43 PM
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| When my Harmonic Balance went there was a very loud rattle at idle only. When my timing chain tensioner was gone a diff rattle at low reves/power. |
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mouce
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Posted - 26 Jun 2005 : 1:49:13 PM
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| If the rattle sounds like it's coming from half way down the car, there could be some junk rattling around in the catalytic converter. Mine sounded like s**t until I replaced it. |
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Posted - 20 Aug 2005 : 09:42:16 AM
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Mouce said "If the rattle sounds like it's coming from half way down the car, there could be some junk rattling around in the catalytic converter. Mine sounded like s**t until I replaced it."
Yeah, mine sound's like crap at the moment.Just take it off and shake the mesh out that's rattling. |
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Gosling1
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Posted - 29 Aug 2005 : 10:05:04 PM
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This happened to my Series 1 VN a few years ago, shocking rattle ( like a tank is a good description ) - it turned out to be the harmonic balancer, fully stuffed. The guy who replaced it said they normally do exchange balancers, except mine was so buggered they could not use it .
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mouce
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Posted - 05 Sep 2005 : 09:43:15 AM
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VN8 has a point, just shaking out the loose crap will fix it. That is, only until you get bent over for having an empty cat! EPA can give you a fkn huge fine (somewhere between $5000 and $10000) if they catch you with an empty cat. If the cops catch you and you get a nice cop, you might get away with a warning, if you get a hell-cop then start thinking about a canary.
If you're going to do anything with the cat, just replace it. It's not worth the risk of getting caught. |
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Posted - 15 Oct 2005 : 5:15:25 PM
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my old VN V6 had the dreaded timing chain rattle.
its just the tensioner thats worn. i didn't fix mine, and it started around 180,000km's.
drove it beyond 450,000km's without a problem, then traded her on my current ride. |
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mouce
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Posted - 17 Oct 2005 : 08:28:10 AM
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| How much does it normally cost to get the tensioner replaced? My little commodore has a bit of a nasty clatter while it's pulling from low in the rev range. |
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Posted - 29 Nov 2005 : 12:13:09 AM
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looking at my gregorys manual, things are described differently or at least i'm assuming they are just described differently so hopefully someone can clarify a couple things for me as i have both the rattles described in this post (idle and low rev) and i would like to fix em.
it says in the post here about a harmonic balancer - is that the same as the crankshaft pulley?
and the tensioner - is that the spring and damper that pushes against the timing chain to tension it i presume?
it it worth replacing the tensioner/damper and the timing chain?
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polarbear
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Posted - 25 Feb 2006 : 3:37:06 PM
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| yep,different words, same thing. If you're going to the trouble of pulling the front covers off, you may as well replace the lot. Nothing worse than doing half a job to find the wrong halfs been done! the chain could still be ok but whats the point! Another rattle i had was a shot bearing in the fan belt tensioner too. |
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nobby
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