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ashcraft

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-98B muffler rattling
« on: December 05, 2005, 11:35:09 AM »
I took the -98B mufflers off due to a rattling noise. When I shook them, the inner removable baffle rattled inside the muffler. I got the baffle out okay.
Is there a way to stop this rattle? I thought about a small "ding" on the tire side of the outer shell to make it a force fit, but with my luck the chrome would then peel off!
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Re: -98B muffler rattling
« Reply #1 on: December 05, 2005, 11:47:44 AM »
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I took the -98B mufflers off due to a rattling noise. When I shook them, the inner removable baffle rattled inside the muffler. I got the baffle out okay.
Is there a way to stop this rattle? I thought about a small "ding" on the tire side of the outer shell to make it a force fit, but with my luck the chrome would then peel off!
ashcraft,

I doubt that denting the outer shell will help.  I would suggest lightly squeezing the front end of the baffle in a vise to make it slightly egg-shaped.  

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Re: -98B muffler rattling
« Reply #2 on: December 07, 2005, 07:03:54 AM »
Till the engine warms up mine are rattling also. Maybe there talking to me saying Freedom System= Freedom System
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Re: -98B muffler rattling
« Reply #3 on: December 07, 2005, 09:15:40 AM »
darn, I thought mine were saying v & h ovals, at least till the old lady listened.....
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Re: -98B muffler rattling
« Reply #4 on: December 08, 2005, 01:48:56 AM »

Ha!  My SE one-piece mufflers were rattling when cold and that was one reason I decided to replace them with 98Bs.   [smiley=oops.gif]

I guess, at least with the 98Bs, you can take them apart and do as grc suggests.
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