For awhile now my truck has had a rattle and clank like no other. Today I took apart my rear sway bar and found two brackets lose that seemed like it had to be the problem. Neither were attached to anything and they both were just flapping in the breeze. One of them was attached to the brake line and the other to the speed sensor wire. So I took both off thinking it was my problem.

The one on the brake line seemed like it was there to keep the line off the shock, so now it was rubbing the shock. I just took a old radiator hose from one of my motorcycles and cut a 4 inches piece off and wrapped it around the brake line.

Also now the rear sway bar is all Moog. The end links and bushings.

I thought for CERTAIN all my rattles would be gone....

Nope! Still rattles and I have NO idea where it is coming from. I've checked everything up and down ten times over. Everything is solid. Everything looks good and seems good but it still rattles. I thought I had it solved for sure. This is the most frustrating thing ever.

I'll post up some pictures of the brackets and my sway bar but any ideas? I'll take any idea. Chances are I checked it but never know. Anything could do it now...

Oh and yeah it's coming from the rear.

 

spare tire holder contraption thing? exhaust (which im sure you have checked, just naming things) exhaust shield on the rear passanger side along the bed. gas tank side shield thing.

if you bounce on the bed can you hear it?

 

Yeah I've checked all those things...

Nope you can't hear jumping up and down on the bed or pushing the bed side to side.

 

I've got a rattle too, but I'm 99% positive it's the front sway bar links (2wd), because I put a breaker bar in between that and I think the axle, and it moved on both sides of truck. As for your problem, this might sound stupid but do you have anything in your bed that may be making noise? Sometimes when I carry stuff it makes a lot of noise.

 

Nope. My toolbox isn't in my truck anymore.

 

Well it was worth a shot. Another thing I thought of is that maybe the end of your tailpipe is loose and hitting something when because it would vibrate a lot if it was loose. Not sure how your exhaust is set up, but this would be another one of those stupid ideas to check out.

 

Yeah I looked at the entire exhaust and it seems real solid. If you move it nothing rattles at all and none of the hangers have rotted out.

I don't care if the ideas seem obvious or not anymore lol, I'll try anything to get rid of it because at this point I'm so sick of it I'll do anything to stop it.

 

license plate, tailgate?

 

Is it in the cab maybe. I know if my rear seat belt is behind the seat it will rattle like crazy till I move it. It only does it because of my exhaust though.

 

No definitely not in the cab, it's a lot more present with the windows down.

Tailgate is solid, license plate isn't loose.

I'm so lost as to what it could be. There really isn't much in the rear of the truck that can rattle.

I've been trying to upload photos but photobucket is being gay...