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blind34_1 · 06-09-2003, 12:10 PM

well, I think I'm on to something.

I went to Home Depot to buy some hose clamps and then to go look for some rubber or other durable dampening material, and right next to the hose clamps was this tubular fiberglass pipe insulation. It says it stands up to 850 degrees F, and it only costed 5 bucks for very decent length of it. I took out my piping from the axel back and wrapped the angled part of pipe where its hitting the chassis, and I also wrapped the flange, which was difficult. I also wrapped the sway bar in it. THe fiberglass has some self sealing adhesive, so I used that in conjunction with the hose clamps (NOTE: always buy bigger than you need)

Well it worked for almost the entire day. I did pizza deliveries that night and toward midnight it started rattling again. Not as bad as before, but I think I know what happend. THe metal of the hose clamps dug into and through the fiberglass and I imagine its falling off. I'm thinking if I were to use duct tape to shield the fiberglass from the sharp edges of the hose clamps my solution may still work.

I'm also going to look into getting scraps of leather like somebody already mentioned. hose clamps wont cut through that.

btw, my total bill for the fiberglass and 6 hose clamps (diff sizes) was around 15 dollars.

anyway, somebody please adapt my idea and come up with a better solution.

06-09-2003, 12:10 PM	#17
blind34_1 Registered User Join Date: May 2002 Location: IL Age: 40 Posts: 1,813	well, I think I'm on to something. I went to Home Depot to buy some hose clamps and then to go look for some rubber or other durable dampening material, and right next to the hose clamps was this tubular fiberglass pipe insulation. It says it stands up to 850 degrees F, and it only costed 5 bucks for very decent length of it. I took out my piping from the axel back and wrapped the angled part of pipe where its hitting the chassis, and I also wrapped the flange, which was difficult. I also wrapped the sway bar in it. THe fiberglass has some self sealing adhesive, so I used that in conjunction with the hose clamps (NOTE: always buy bigger than you need) Well it worked for almost the entire day. I did pizza deliveries that night and toward midnight it started rattling again. Not as bad as before, but I think I know what happend. THe metal of the hose clamps dug into and through the fiberglass and I imagine its falling off. I'm thinking if I were to use duct tape to shield the fiberglass from the sharp edges of the hose clamps my solution may still work. I'm also going to look into getting scraps of leather like somebody already mentioned. hose clamps wont cut through that. btw, my total bill for the fiberglass and 6 hose clamps (diff sizes) was around 15 dollars. anyway, somebody please adapt my idea and come up with a better solution.