Check for loose tools in the boot... Especially ones which have dropped
behind something...
----- Original Message -----
From: <TR250Driver@aol.com>
To: <triumphs@autox.team.net>; <6pack@autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, June 02, 2003 10:22 PM
Subject: Rattling Rear Six
> Hi Guys,
> Its me again. Just came off a 240 mile run Sunday in the Six. Nice drive
and
> she ran great except for that dang rattle in the rear that has been
driving
> me nuts for a couple of years. You guys have been a great help to me on
other
> problems that I just can't diagnose so before I start throwing more parts
at
> her:
>
> Bad Rattle when going over most bumps in the road.
> Not all - but most bumps - little and big - slow and fast
> Coming from the middle to rear of the car - both sides
> No clunk when one takes up the drive or shifts hard and pops the clutch
> No problem with hard cornering - smooth as silk
> Not the rear shocks they are new
> I am going to say it is not the exhaust since I have changed that too. But
it
> sure sounds exactly like the exhaust banging the frame.
>
> I have new trailing arm bushings and diff bushings on the bench ready to
go
> in but I am a bit lazy right now and just want to drive her and have some
fun.
> Upon inspection the bushings in there do not appear to be bad either and I
> hate it if I work all day and the problem is still there. Might remember a
> similar noise coming from a bad rear hub on the 250 before it disenigrated
a few
> years back. What do you think?
>
> Thanks,
> Darrell
> 71 TR6
> Laurel Green
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