Hose Clamp Around Catalytic Converters

[Neuner]

Thankfully I don't have to crawl underneath my wife's vehicle very often but still, I'm surprised I never noticed before that someone had placed hose clamps around both catalytic converters.

She has a strange rattle or vibration when in gear and I was trying to investigate. I'm guessing this is a POs attempt to resolve a rattle as well?

Something you guys know that I don't?

 

[GTV]

Pretty common solution.

 

[Malleus]

There should be a gag emoji

 

[badlander]

If it is still rattling try tightening the clamp more or shifting it around and retightening. Usually you can find a sweet spot with the clamp position to stop the rattling. Banging on the exhaust pipe with a plastic or rubber hammer helps in determining if you have silenced it.

 

[Trunk Monkey]

There should be a gag emoji

What would your solution be?

 

[Malleus]

New cat?

 

[Mike NXP]

Thankfully I don't have to crawl underneath my wife's vehicle very often but still, I'm surprised I never noticed before that someone had placed hose clamps around both catalytic converters.

She has a strange rattle or vibration when in gear and I was trying to investigate. I'm guessing this is a POs attempt to resolve a rattle as well?

Something you guys know that I don't?


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Not the end of the world but yeah looks like PO tried to tighten up the heat shield, seen below...Is the rattle still happening? You can take something like a block of wood and press it into that heat shield to see if your noise goes away / changes to help figure out if that's the current problem or if its coming from elsewhere

 

[ChiefKeef]

Whew if that's a gag emoji you better not crawl under my LC...I have hose clamps holding on every heat shield under there until the shield and the clamp fall off somewhere...heck I thought that's how you fixed rattles on old trucks

 

[Trunk Monkey]

$1000 vs $2.

 

[hatchethead]

There's a shield around the section of exhaust that holds the catalytic converters. Taking off that clamp doesn't get you any closer to removing anything except the shield, I think.