Door rattles
Hey y'all,
If you're experiencing a rattle or noise from your doors but can't trace it (may sound like the window rattling) here's a fix I just discovered:
A bit of background: The other day I was watching the show with Boyd Coddington, and those guys were hanging doors on a rod. I watched them apply pressure to where the top of the door frame met the body to "flex" it to fit better. I got to wondering why this wouldn't work for my Armada, as I had been battling noise from all 4 doors whenever I hit bad road or turned onto an inclined (where body flex would happen the most). I had gone so far to dynamat the **** out of all my panels as well as go over the inside of each door and resecure everything. I never could get rid of the noises. I had also read about a guy on the net with the same issues who had his weatherstripping replaced and that fixed his "window rattle".
Turns out (at least for me) it wasn't window rattles. I rolled my windows down, and gently braced the door at about where the latch is with one hand and applied a decent amount of pressure to the top of the door frame to pull it back from the body a very small bit. Test drove, and I eliminated my door noises!
This makes sense as I bought mine in Feb. of 2004, so it was a really early build. I guess the workers just didn't quite have the doors hung right- they were actually too tight against the body and despite the weatherstripping would rattle.
Now I've got some gate issues...I'm thinking of having the dealer re-hang the rear gate. It doesn't latch right without having to slam it too.
Hope this can help someone...good luck!
Hey y'all,
If you're experiencing a rattle or noise from your doors but can't trace it (may sound like the window rattling) here's a fix I just discovered:
A bit of background: The other day I was watching the show with Boyd Coddington, and those guys were hanging doors on a rod. I watched them apply pressure to where the top of the door frame met the body to "flex" it to fit better. I got to wondering why this wouldn't work for my Armada, as I had been battling noise from all 4 doors whenever I hit bad road or turned onto an inclined (where body flex would happen the most). I had gone so far to dynamat the **** out of all my panels as well as go over the inside of each door and resecure everything. I never could get rid of the noises. I had also read about a guy on the net with the same issues who had his weatherstripping replaced and that fixed his "window rattle".
Turns out (at least for me) it wasn't window rattles. I rolled my windows down, and gently braced the door at about where the latch is with one hand and applied a decent amount of pressure to the top of the door frame to pull it back from the body a very small bit. Test drove, and I eliminated my door noises!
This makes sense as I bought mine in Feb. of 2004, so it was a really early build. I guess the workers just didn't quite have the doors hung right- they were actually too tight against the body and despite the weatherstripping would rattle.
Now I've got some gate issues...I'm thinking of having the dealer re-hang the rear gate. It doesn't latch right without having to slam it too.
Hope this can help someone...good luck!
