Re: Strange noise from a 94 Dakota

From: eric hufstedler (huff@101freeway.com)
Date: Sun Aug 13 2000 - 14:05:48 EDT


This probably isn't it, but:

A year after i got my 99 i had a sound, maybe like metal rattling. I
thought "it's a heat shield or something." I looked under and nothing was
loose. Then i saw s sticker on the driveshaft was coming off. So i pealed
it all the way off thinking there was no way that was causing the sound, but
sure enough, that was it. No more noise. I guess when i was going fast
enough, the sticker hit the catalytic converter hard enough to sound like
metal slapping!

The sticker was a note saying the driveshaft was factory balanced. Now,
maybe they usually last longer, but what good is a sticker that comes off
the rusty driveshaft in less than a year? They should stuff it in the
owner's manual or something. I did keep it, for what it's worth!

huff

99 Dak

  --- You're just jealous 'cause the voices are talking to ME.

> truck, but all of the sudden I just started hearing a rattling (sort of a
> "popcorn in the microwave" noise) from under the truck. I think its coming
> from the Catalytic Converter but I am not completely sure. There is no



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