Maybe this will help. Check your tail gate latches. Frequently only one
latch will lock leaving the other side just hanging there and rattling
around. There is a fix for this problem on the DML web site. Also you may be
able to bend the rods that connect the latches to the tail gate handle, and
get proper tension so that both latches lock together. Take off the access
plate behind the tail gate handle, and you can check and see if both latches
lock when you close your tail gate.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Scott Schang" <schang@netsync.net>
To: <dakota-truck@BUFFNET.NET>
Sent: Monday, August 06, 2001 00:11
Subject: DML: Re: The rattle from hell.. And a 'buckling sound'...
> Do you have a bedliner?
>
> Scott
>
>
> > I've got a very annoying rattle in the bed of my '98 extended cab.
> >
> > The rattle sounds as if I have a shock loose but I have all the bolts
> tight
> > when I replaced the shocks recently but the rattle is still there.
> >
> > All looks like it is tight but it's starting to push me over the edge..
> >
> > Anybody else had a 'rattle' develop lately and can offer any
suggestions??
> >
> > The truck also makes a 'buckling sound' when I turn into parallel side
> > streets and gas stations. Its as if the truck frame is 'twisting' and
the
> > bed is touching the cab. I know this couldn't be, but it sure sounds
like
> > it.
> >
> > Anybody know what this sound could be as well?? Its only a '98 with
> 62,000
> > miles on it.. I would have expected to have the 'uncontrollable rattles'
> > start after say.. 6 years and 100,000 miles.
> >
> > Miles D. Oliver
> > "Bluegrass, Finger Pickin' good"
> > http://www.mmoliver.org
> >
>
>
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