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Large lumps of metal under rear bumper
Hi
Had a terrible noise just now from under left side of car, like a bearing or something about to fail spectacularly, but it has gone now so fingers crossed. Had just caned the car along windy bumpy road with lots of humps where you can lift wheels off the ground were you to go that fast
However since I bought my 56 plate XS 2 weeks ago it has had an annoying rattle in the rear at lower speeds on jiggly surfaces. On having a look under the car for whatever was about to drop off, I noticed 2 very large lumps of metal hanging under the rear bumper on both sides near the exhausts. These lumps of metal (with the LR logo cast into them) sit either side of the ends of the chassis rails and rotate on bushes or a bar. On rotating them they bash against the bottom of the bumper and seem a likely cause of the rattle on jiggly surfaces.
Few questions:
1) What are they and why are they there?
2) Are they supposed to be able to bash against the bumper and cause a rattle?
ThanksTony
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22nd Jul 2010 5:14 pm
POINTYED
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hi
they are harmonic dampers and supposed to swing freely just like a pair o bo ks
as for banging against the bumper imho it would take alot of bumps to make them hit the bumper.
take a look around to see if anything else is loose
dunc
maybe check the spare tyre hoist life is tooooo short.enjoy the moment.dont worry be happy
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22nd Jul 2010 5:18 pm
flinty99
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Check your ARB bushes. There are various threads on here on how to do this as well as change them.For details on the next Kielder Safari click visit the Kielder Safari website
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22nd Jul 2010 7:30 pm
flinty99
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so fingers crossed. Had just caned the car along windy bumpy road with lots of humps where you can lift wheels off the ground were you to go that fast 
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