Kapoosh1
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Mine definitely has a rattle when I slam it shut. Iāll try your helm joint suggestion today.I spent some time today trying to solve my rattle. It really seems to be related to the heim joint, so I tried to remove as much slack as possible. If you tighten it down with the tailgate wide open, you'll have a bit of a gap when you close the tailgate. That gap allows the tire portion to move a few millimeters towards (and then away) from the tailgate, which seems to be the cause of the rattle I had.
Try this: if you slam the tailgate shut, do you hear a rattle? I did, so I climbed into the Jeep with the tailgate closed and adjusted the heim joint that way. With that now shortened to take up the gap, I don't notice a rattle when I close the tailgate. Hopefully this means the rattle I was having earlier today is gone.
That said, is anybody elseās 4 shoulder bolts on the hinge loose? If I use one washer on top and 2 on bottom before installing the nut, I canāt make it tight, it still has play in it.
One person mentioned they can control the tension/how hard it is to open/close the door with those bolts. I donāt have that ability because Iām out of threads, so when I slam mine shut I can see all 4 of those bolts moving, ACE told me this is by design but I just donāt understand it.
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