My Rattle is Gone! The solution:
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Racer
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From: Alamogordo New Mexico
dklowrider - that's exactly what I'm wondering as well. Hopefully that's it, but I'd it does return I'll bet the end links are the culprit.
Pintoblades I'm definitely interested in hearing how it sounds after you get the bars back on. I have bars/shocks/links on order and I'm hoping to get rid of the same clunking on my 02!
Pintoblades I'm definitely interested in hearing how it sounds after you get the bars back on. I have bars/shocks/links on order and I'm hoping to get rid of the same clunking on my 02!
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Congrats on the fix. I know how gratifying it is to chase a rattle for days and then to finally find it. Once I had this insanely annoying rattle inside the cockpit around the upper windshield area. After days of checking it turned out to be the little lenses in visor lights moving around. Took them out, shimmed them up - all good. 
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Since you asked, I checked. Before I changed to the ZO6 shocks, I could put my fist between the tire and the fender with just barely my thumb knuckle touching. Now, with the new shocks on, my fist won't slide between the tire and fender as it did before. So, it looks to have lowered the car about 1/4 inch or slightly more.
With both the old and new shocks laying on the floor, they looked the same height. I didn't measure them but they were awfully close if not exactly the same with no weight on them.
Lower is good!
With both the old and new shocks laying on the floor, they looked the same height. I didn't measure them but they were awfully close if not exactly the same with no weight on them.
Lower is good!
That's odd as I usually hear the opposite effect but that's good to hear. I have the f45 and they are shot so I need some new ones and have the upgraded c6 z51 suspension. Oh if you haven't done so already update your original thread and it's title with "issue resolved" that was if other members search they will see the fix. Congrats
now SuperCharger time?
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Thanks for this report. BTW, last month I had all my swaybar links replaced (the rubber was shot). My mechanic replaced them with the metal link ones, when I thought I was getting stock ones. What a difference. The suspension is like new, whereas before there was a lot of play, clunking, and shimmy on rough roads. Everything is nice and tight now.
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Racer
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That's odd as I usually hear the opposite effect but that's good to hear. I have the f45 and they are shot so I need some new ones and have the upgraded c6 z51 suspension. Oh if you haven't done so already update your original thread and it's title with "issue resolved" that was if other members search they will see the fix. Congrats now SuperCharger time?
now SuperCharger time?Next I want to change the spring adjuster bolts/pads....they looked pretty flattened out and worn.
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Racer
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Thanks for this report. BTW, last month I had all my swaybar links replaced (the rubber was shot). My mechanic replaced them with the metal link ones, when I thought I was getting stock ones. What a difference. The suspension is like new, whereas before there was a lot of play, clunking, and shimmy on rough roads. Everything is nice and tight now.
Eventually, I figure I'll have everything new in the suspension. Little here, little there...definitely a work in progress. But very enjoyable.
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Racer
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Congrats on the fix. I know how gratifying it is to chase a rattle for days and then to finally find it. Once I had this insanely annoying rattle inside the cockpit around the upper windshield area. After days of checking it turned out to be the little lenses in visor lights moving around. Took them out, shimmed them up - all good.
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Thanks! Yeah it was a long frustrating month looking for that rattle. Me and a friend thought for sure it was a body part, plastic or some kind of bracket rattling. The good thing about the search is...I found just about everything that was able to move, rattle or bounce and fastened it down or padded it with foam. So now, with the new shocks on and the rattle gone....this C5 is damn sure quiet going down the road now! Now I can enjoy the bose stereo and not worry about what the hell that noisy rattle is! haha
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Racer
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I believe it was the standard soft ride. Looking at the old shocks doesn't really tell me. Guess I could look up the part numbers and see. I'm guessing the soft ride though...she is much more rigid now but still a nice smooth ride.
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Racer
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From: Alamogordo New Mexico
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Racer
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So...now we know. I like the stiffer C6 ZO6 shocks MUCH better!
Safety Car
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Rides and handles like a dream although I still notice a slight difference between Base and Z06 Shocks, being they are a bit harsher on bumps and pot holes.
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If in fact the shocks lowered the car then it will have an affect on the alignment. Not sure what 1/4 inch would input to "actual" changes but just a "heads up". I need to look at the design closer on the C5 but I don't have experience with shocks affecting ride height unless the old ones were somehow affecting the height thru binding, etc. You may be actually back to where you were when it was last aligned.
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pintoblades,have not kept up w/ your rattle problem,glad it appears to be fixed.I had an annoying rattle from the right rear. After I had car in shop to upgrade exhaust,I starting to hear a rattle…figured it must been an exhaust bracket……anyway the rattle was that in the frame there are 4 riveted inserts for jacking up the car. The shop had snapped off the rivet one side of the insert and it was driving me nuts.( of course they denied it) Again I laid under that car for hours before I figured it out.Right now it is simply tightly wired w/ ss aircraft wire,someday I will have the rivet replaced. Good luck
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Racer
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From: Alamogordo New Mexico
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Racer
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From: Alamogordo New Mexico
pintoblades,have not kept up w/ your rattle problem,glad it appears to be fixed.I had an annoying rattle from the right rear. After I had car in shop to upgrade exhaust,I starting to hear a rattle…figured it must been an exhaust bracket……anyway the rattle was that in the frame there are 4 riveted inserts for jacking up the car. The shop had snapped off the rivet one side of the insert and it was driving me nuts.( of course they denied it) Again I laid under that car for hours before I figured it out.Right now it is simply tightly wired w/ ss aircraft wire,someday I will have the rivet replaced. Good luck
Yeah that sounds like it would have required CSI to find!
