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scottc - 28 Oct 2004 22:21 GMT

I have a rattle coming from both wheel wells. There appear to be
loose screws, but they spin when I attempt to tighten them. There
must be a nut in back, but I cannot reach the back. Has anyone found
a fix for this?

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Paul Giverin - 29 Oct 2004 13:04 GMT

>I have a rattle coming from both wheel wells. There appear to be
>loose screws, but they spin when I attempt to tighten them. There
>must be a nut in back, but I cannot reach the back. Has anyone found
>a fix for this?

What mileage do you have and what year of car is it? If you are getting
the noise at low speed then it could be your anti-roll bar links which
are a common problem on early models.

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scottc - 29 Oct 2004 22:45 GMT

> >I have a rattle coming from both wheel wells. There appear to be
> >loose screws, but they spin when I attempt to tighten them. There
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> the noise at low speed then it could be your anti-roll bar links which
> are a common problem on early models.

It is an '01, and the rattle is only heard at or near highway speed or in high wind.

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Paul Giverin - 29 Oct 2004 22:49 GMT

>> >I have a rattle coming from both wheel wells. There appear to be
>> >loose screws, but they spin when I attempt to tighten them. There
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>It is an '01, and the rattle is only heard at or near highway speed or
>in high wind.

Fair enough, that rules out the drop links.

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scottc - 30 Oct 2004 16:37 GMT

> >> >I have a rattle coming from both wheel wells. There appear to be
> >> >loose screws, but they spin when I attempt to tighten them. There
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>
> Fair enough, that rules out the drop links.

The rattle is the wheel well liners, but I can't tighten the screws
which hold them to the body parts.

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Gino - 30 Oct 2004 18:07 GMT

North American Focus - the wheel well liners are held on with plastic push
pins. I have the same problem, the left side is worse than the right side. I
was thinking of removing the wheel well liner and putting double sided
adhesive foam tape in places to stop it from moving - -but on the other
hand its just another annoyance one has to live with when you own a Focus..

Paul Giverin <paul@giverin.co.uk> wrote in message
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> In message <85b2994.0410291345.13e222f4@posting.google.com>, scottc
> <scottaclausen@hotmail.com> writes
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>
> Fair enough, that rules out the drop links.

The rattle is the wheel well liners, but I can't tighten the screws
which hold them to the body parts.

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