Well I have had that problem for many months and today I finally fixed it.
I just loosened the bolts and used a screwdriver to force the flange away
from the frame and retightened the bolts. No more rattle!!!! I can't
believe it was that simple!
Jason
>Hello fellow DML'ers:
>
>Well, after receiving some good opinions and advice about my exhaust
rattle,
>I crawled under the truck again and poked around the passenger side of the
>Y-pipe. What I found was that on the passenger side of the Y-pipe, it
looks
>like the thick oval mounting flange is probably hitting the frame. The
>clearance between the frame rail and the flange was so close that I
couldn't
>even get my index finger between them. I checked the driver's side and the
>middle crossover, and everything looks O.K. there. Needless to say, there
>is no way to bend the Y-pipe or the header away from the frame rail at this
>point. So, I called Jeff at JBA and explained to him the situation. He
was
>surprised to hear about my problem, and told me that he has never heard of
>this before. Jeff was very understanding and considerate, even offering to
>send me a replacement passenger side header!!! I told him thanks, but that
>this course of action would be of last resort. Jeff said that he had some
>thick padded heat shielding called a "blanket" that he would send to me.
He
>wants me to wire this in place on the frame rail where the exhaust flange
is
>hitting to silence it. I told him that I would try it. Any opinions about
>this? Has anyone else had this happen? Thanks again for all of your
>helpful opinions and advice.
>
>Michael Reynolds
>'98 Dakota Sport 4X4
>5.2L Flame Red
>180 T-stat, JBA headers
>
>
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