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Old 11-12-2011, 03:06 PM
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I have a vibration sound when i first take off in my jeep pulling out of drive then at idle it is not there or any other time driving it seems like mostly after first take off after sitting. But then it may do it other times when accelerating from a stop. But not all the time i am assuming something is vibrating against frame or muffler pipes but i have been under there a lot and can't find loose skids heat shields or anything. What else could it be?
Old 11-12-2011, 03:39 PM
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i will look at this in the morning dark out now but i will go out put in drive with brake and see if i can get that sound to come back...
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I had a similar issue after having my headers installed. It was the heat shield on the passenger side around the location of the catalytic converter.
Old 11-12-2011, 05:51 PM
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Holy shit that is EXACTLY the same vibration that I get and under the very same circumstances. Gonna maybe poke around under there tomorrow a bit.
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They were expensive but i love em. I have a Tereflex long arm lift so we had to tweak them a bit to get passed the relocated control arm brackets. Sounds good for a V6. Especially at WOT. You can definitely notice a difference and i have not even installed the tune with the Diablo yet. Eventually i will get it dyno'd to find out my true gains.
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This happened to me, it was the muffler.
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Originally Posted by ludski

yah it was annoying as crap! every stop light it would go off. made me self conscious. :( i dont want people thinking my jeep is junky.
Same here. Gonna see if Jae from CT can help me sort it out.
Old 11-13-2011, 01:35 PM
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For my rig, he tentatively diagnosed it as exhaust vibrating against my Skid Row plate due to small tolerance. Think I need shim(s) to increase gap slightly.
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Originally Posted by Jae Suite
Navy and I figured it out this afternoon. GL to everyone else, PM me with any questions. Cheers
Thanks again Jae for helping with this.
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Originally Posted by ludski
added 2 more washers. so now its about 7/8" lower. no more vibrating there.

and then my other piece of metal wrapped in tinfoil tape is still holding up.
Cool but what is the other wrapped piece for Ludski?


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