Annoying rattle in rear door- fixed

[TassieMav]

G'Day all!

I just thought I had better share this as I have found it fixes the Rear Door Rattle that we have experienced with our JK since we got the larger tyres/wheel combination.

Basically, there appears to be 2 causes.

1. The origional Bump Stops don't touch the Spare with the difference offset wheel. Easy solution from quadratec http://www.quadratec.com/products/16053_520.htm

2. After scratching their heads and saying "We can't find it" at the Dealership, I just took a spanner to the bolts holding the Spare Holder onto the rear door. Funnily enough, they were loose. Tightening alone significantly reduces the rattle.

So, basically, with the above 2 measures, it's pretty much eliminated!

Yay!

[J.B.]

Originally Posted by TassieMav

G'Day all!

I just thought I had better share this as I have found it fixes the Rear Door Rattle that we have experienced with our JK since we got the larger tyres/wheel combination.

Basically, there appears to be 2 causes.

1. The origional Bump Stops don't touch the Spare with the difference offset wheel. Easy solution from quadratec http://www.quadratec.com/products/16053_520.htm

2. After scratching their heads and saying "We can't find it" at the Dealership, I just took a spanner to the bolts holding the Spare Holder onto the rear door. Funnily enough, they were loose. Tightening alone significantly reduces the rattle.

So, basically, with the above 2 measures, it's pretty much eliminated!

Yay!

... This is worthwhile checking regardless of changing wheel sizes. I had a KJ Cherokee ...which had a rear/tail-gate door..that was notoriously hard to close... basically needed to slam it every time. Then a rattle started... and got progressively worse. (conveniently out of warranty time I might add) . It turns out...the tyre carrier bolts weren't done up tight enough and eventually the vibration created a spider web of cracks in the skin..and the rattle noise was ridiculous. It ended up being a $1000 repair... removing the rear door.. welding up all the fracture marks, a respray and replacement. Jeep Australia did come to the party to the tune of 50% ...which was good of them...but I wished I'd found the fault earlier. Well worth checking as part of preventative maintenance.