I'm sure it's not the crossmember. When I first installed the exhaust I had that problem but solved it with chain hangers. As of right now my exhaust is "hung pretty well." The rattling does sound like pebbles as Mark said. I'll check it all out this weekend.
Thanks, Shawn '89 GTI 16V ----- Original Message ----- From: Matthew Yip <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, February 17, 2000 2:21 PM Subject: RE: Rattling Downpipe > The real problem is that the exhaust system isn't hung correctly (at > least one sick joke comes to mind). The cause is most likely that > the rear portion of the exhaust is fractionally too far forward, thus > forcing the exhaust onto the crossmember. Either that or throw the > crossmember in the trash. > > --- "Osborne, Brice D, GRWMK" <[email protected]> wrote: > > A HA! I just fixed that last night! Try either spacing via > > washers the > > "cross member" just before the muffler (not the resonator) or just > > taking > > out the cross member all together. No more buzzy buzzy. > > > ===== > Matthew Yip > [email protected] > http://www.geocities.com/mgyip/ > > '87 GTi 16v - x2 > '88 M5 > '99 F350 > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. > http://im.yahoo.com > _____________ > List Sponsor: http://www.netsville.com > To remove yourself from this list, send mail to [email protected] with 'unsubscribe a2_16v' in the body of your message > See us on the web at http://www.a2-16v.com > Visit the 16V Homepage at http://www.gti16v.org _____________ List Sponsor: http://www.netsville.com To remove yourself from this list, send mail to [email protected] with 'unsubscribe a2_16v' in the body of your message See us on the web at http://www.a2-16v.com Visit the 16V Homepage at http://www.gti16v.org
