Thread: front end rattles

Originally Posted by roverrescue

one other is if the steering damper is OEM... the outer casing can rattle on the damper body?

Yep I recently rewelded the outer cover back onto the end of the damper as it came off from vibration

I found the rattle .
Its the harmonic balancer for the tailshaft?

Thanks for all the suggestions guys.

disco gazza
92 disco tdi

Originally Posted by disco gazza

I found the rattle .
Its the harmonic balancer for the tailshaft?

Thanks for all the suggestions guys.

disco gazza
92 disco tdi

I'm going to check mine, I have a rattle now.

I found the rattle .
Its the harmonic balancer for the tailshaft?

What's that?
Tony

Its at the end of the steering damper,next to the tailshaft,just behind the transferbox--roughly centre of vehicle

disco gazza
92 disco tdi

I thought it was that. How does it balance the tailshaft?
Tony

Originally Posted by redrover3

I thought it was that. How does it balance the tailshaft?
Tony

By damping harmonics, they being the frequency of vibration most likely to occur in the point where the balancer is.
Its like sticking your finger on a tuning fork, which is vibrating from a sound conducted there from a speaker etc.