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Hi everyone. Hope all is well with you all. I have finally completed all the mods I will be doing on my truck. The last on my list was retro fitting a set of HID projectors. Now its time to start back at the beginning and begin fixing things. Which brings me to my problem. I have the Gotts mod and am very happy with it. But a few months ago it developed a significant rattle. At first it only did it when at low rpm and accelerating. Now it does it almost all the time. I tried to goop some silicone around where the abs pipe goes into the fender and it worked for a while but its back again and worse than ever. Has anyone else had this problem? How did you fix it? I'm thinking about trying some butyl calking instead of silicone but its messy stuff so if anyone else has any suggestions I'd sure appreciate it.

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Can you post a picture? It might be easier just to get a new pipe but make it a little bigger so it has to wedged in harder.
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Can you post a picture? It might be easier just to get a new pipe but make it a little bigger so it has to wedged in harder.
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You could also line the hole in the fender wall with a rubber gromet to form a nice tight fit, as well as providing some vibration dampening.

McMaster-Carr has a variety of seals that could be used as gromets McMaster-Carr
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I forgot to add the picture until now. On this post I have a really good picture of what I made.

http://forum.gopowerhungry.com/resou...html#post34493
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Thanks guys. I'll post a pic of it tomorow. The pipe fit nice and tight when it was first installed and had no rattle. I think its just been the constant vibration and movement from being attached to an engine that has gradually worn it loose. I dont really want to replace the pipe every couple years. So Im leaning towared Nicks rubber grommet idea. Thats kind of what I was hoping to achieve with the silicone but it didnt hold I guess.
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Here's another tip. The flexible pipe coupler doesn't need to be cranked tight onto the pipe. If it is able to slide a little bit then it wont cause the pipe to deform.
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