08-04-2021, 10:31 PM
I did try clamping across the silencer but once the bonnet side panel is in place there's not really any clearance for a clamp.
I had also considered passing a coach bolt right through the silencer but I'm not absolutely sure what's inside and am reluctant to damage it.
As the noise is much less pronounced with the bonnet sides off I think reducing the resonating effect of the side panel is the first thing to try. The panel bears up against the radiator surround at the front and has a rubber moulding which it rests on but at the back it simply sits quite loosely in a hooked bracket at the bottom and then is secured with a single bolt at the top so there's not much to damp out the vibration.
Really I was hoping to come up with a simple method of making the panel a bit less flexible without having to weld or rivet anything to the panel. I've seen this on e-bay so may give it a try.
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Sound-Deadeni...1196.m2219
John.
I had also considered passing a coach bolt right through the silencer but I'm not absolutely sure what's inside and am reluctant to damage it.
As the noise is much less pronounced with the bonnet sides off I think reducing the resonating effect of the side panel is the first thing to try. The panel bears up against the radiator surround at the front and has a rubber moulding which it rests on but at the back it simply sits quite loosely in a hooked bracket at the bottom and then is secured with a single bolt at the top so there's not much to damp out the vibration.
Really I was hoping to come up with a simple method of making the panel a bit less flexible without having to weld or rivet anything to the panel. I've seen this on e-bay so may give it a try.
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Sound-Deadeni...1196.m2219
John.