How To Fix A Rattling Heat Shield
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- Опубликовано: 4 фев 2025
- Here is a short video showing you one way to fix a rattling heat shield. Remember jack your car up safely and secure it on stands. Also if you are not sure what you are drilling into...DON'T DRILL! Seek professional help. Sure would be a shame to ruin a wiring harness, or drill through your gas tank. Any how, hope this gives you an idea to use. Thanks for watching!
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Did this last night on my daughter's 2009 Corolla. Used the drill and screws method and it is great now. I do wish I had a lift because I only had ramps and it was a bit cramped working under there but it's all good now! Thanks for the video!
You need a pair of jackstand at full extension to be able to crawl under there.Ramps are too low.
yeah... thats the main reason i avoid half of this sh1t... i feel sketchy under cars with like 1inch between the chassis and my chest
Looking to fix mine, what size screws did you use?
@@Steve-qs9eq I just grabbed some that I had on hand. Probably about 1/2-3-4 long.I used a large washer on each one
THANK YOU!!!! This video saved me alot of time and money! Dealership wanted 400 dollars for this!!! Crazy right? Thank you I did it myself!
Larger aluminum washers under the rivet head will provide a bit of stress relief allowing the repair to last longer. Obviously, the additional time/effort for the washers makes sense to those of us doing this ourselves and planning to keep the vehicle until delivered to the scrap yard.
Good point. The heads on rivets is pretty small and the heatshield itself is pretty thin metal.
Good video. Loved how you advised to watch wires and also drilling into the floor. Good attention to detail.
Gas tank is also a BAD place to drill.
Thanks for this! I did this repair on my 2010 in the driveway today after watching your video.
DJ alt.rock Cool glad it worked :)
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I wonder whatbthey would charge at a shop
Great idea, thanks for the video. In cases like this, I poke the rivet through a washer first to keep the head of the rivet from working it's way through the hole a little longer. Thanks again and keep up the great work. 😊
I am giving this a go on my own. ( going to roll/crawl under) my factory low to the ground, pain in the rear, Chrysler sebring 00 model. Mine came loose, lost half on the interstate. Thought my car was finally biting the dust. I know where it's at, my question is, if I don't see rivets, can I just use something to tie around it. The existing clamp is still there. I just couldn't seem to slip it back under. If I could it would probably come loose quickly anyways.
Just saw someone comment about using zip ties. I thought of that, but wouldn't that just melt?
Finally got my rivet gun. A day ago. The fix was simple and easy. I'm glad I saw your video. Thanks man for you video.
For something so light it makes an annoying noise . Thanks for the video.
Tell me about the noise!
Holy cow, was sure my transmission was shot until I learned a thing or two about rattling heat shields. Mine only turns heads when I first start off from a standing position, then disappears completely. Only problem in saving money to repair it myself is getting under the car. So time to put on my grubby clothes and slide under there like a snake. Gotta do what we poor folks gotta do, right?!
@@drServitis mine does it when I get off throttle or try to start but it comes from near my clutch and it might be the stupid undertray, so Now Imma just delete it and get a decat front pipe 😂😂😂
@@EmptyHeadHeavyFoot Good luck! Mine turned out to be a really easy fix. I just replaced a couple of screw strap clamps ten months ago that had rusted off and haven't heard any noise since. Impressed my girl at the same time, so double win for me! LOL
@@drServitis started having a rattle/vibration only after a cold start during first reverse, it happened just after torque converter was replaced, did not do it prior to replacement took it back to dealer but they said it was my heat shield, planing to take it to a local shop to confirm that it’s truly the heat shield and not faulty torque converter replacement
Mine broke loose when i had to swerve to avoid a head on collision on 4 lane hwy. Car came into my lane but the outside lane was flooded. Water splashing up detached shield and it's just laying on the exhaust pipe. Waiting for rain to clear out so i can fix it. Thanks for the tip!
I thought it was my muffler the entire time! We were on the road last night and the car must have hit something on the road and then the rattling noise would not stop. When my husband told me this morning he looked underneath the car and said that was a piece of tin that was leaning to one side, I knew it was the heat shield. Thanks for clarifying it for me! Taking it to the shop to get it fixed this morning.
"A piece of tin." The only tin in cars might be in the solder used in the electrical system. The metal in cars are mainly steel and aluminum. No tin.
Since I physically can't crawl under a vehicle anymore, it's the Shop Option for me. Good video for others to know. Thank you.
I thought this was going to be a video of you going hog wild ripping the shields off. Then I remembered this is a SMA video and things are done the right way here.
Just performed this fix on my 2009 Corolla -- thanks!
Need top shield locations
Great video! Thank you!
Been listening to mine rattle for far to long and now that I know how easy it is. I am going to get it done by doing it myself!
So glad for this video. This just happened to my car and it's same car. Saved me some time getting my car up to figure out how to reattach it. Thank you for making it.
Looking for a solution - doh and here we have it ! Simple easy effective and already have the tools - many thanks from the UK
Concise, clear, and helpful! Many thanks!
Another old school serious Mr. O video -- I'm starting to think it's all about the hats. Without a hat there is no sarcasm, just straight forward business from Mr.O. Toss a Jeep on his noggin and the fun starts to flow.
SMAR wow, your channel has come a long way. I just randomly clicked on this video looking for a "how to" on heat shield repairs. Keep up the good work!
My heat shield problem is just like this one you’ve repaired so thank you for the vid and great instruction !
You have a lot of great How-To's, is appreciated....
Was looking for ways to re-attach a Honda Fit heat shield this morning.... Thank you
Had this problem on my old 91 honda hatchback. Took a shotgun to it and set it on fire. Problem solved.
Fabulous!
I bet it still runs 🤣🤣🤣
If violence doesn't solve all ypur problems then you just aren't using enough of it.
@grosstoastie1216 wow, I literally clicked off this and back on after I saw the comment just to say, well done sir, well done.
Therapy!
Thank you. Doing it on the same car tomorrow. Was going to remove it but not now once I saw how easy that was.
Just fixed my 03 corolla heatshield. The shield had completely rusted away around 3 out of 3 bolts holding it up. The racket it was making was really unbearable. It would not have occured to me to use pop-rivets before watching this video(i was thinking the shield would have to be patch welded around the bolt holes, and I have zero welding skills). Took just a couple minutes and I can already feel some of my sanity returning with the noise gone now. THANK YOU!!
I tuned in for Eric and I found this young fella
Videos like this save me time and money. I appreciate it. - Thanks
Perfect!
Needed to see this..
Mine is loud , dangly & annoying
Good advice & useful information ,
& doesn't look expensive...
Doin this first thing tomorrow morning..
Thank you sir!
Grrat vid! 👍🏼
Take care 👋🏼✌🏽
Thanks for taking the time. Very helpful. Hope my neighbor lets me borrow his rivet tool!
Yay! Thank you!! Saved me lots of time and money just knowing what I'm talking about.
Helpful and free of fluff - much appreciated.
Just had mine come off today.. Too cold up here in Canada to try and do it myself. Thanks for the video
Yes they are annoying mine was still fixed but still vibrating I gave it a few bends to stop it great video good fix
Perfect fix... nice video to clearly show how to repair...
Did this fix, after watching this video, on my 2013 camry. Thanks for the video!
I'm going thru this right now with my 2010 prius. Thanks for the video. Hopefully there is a structural support so i can drill a screw thru or a rivet
Same! This video saved me some money it appears.
I thought I was going to have to pay a mechanic $300 to remove this but at my oil change today…they just took it off and threw it in my trunk…for free. Problem solved. 😂👍🏻
I was waiting for the bailing wire method. :)
Thanks brother!! This is exactly what my Nissan Micra SV is doing! Appreciate the visual video.
Thanks for your help....its good to know it's a fairly simple job
Oh wow I had someone put JB weld on my Chrysler 300, but it's worn off now. I wanna do this now! Thank you
Thank you sir. Have this issue on my 2011 Tundra. Easy fix.
Short, sweet and to the point.
Only the Toyotas I’ve owned have had this issue and it wasn’t with the old ones (like 1980s). Toyota started making the THINNEST shields, like Pepsi-can thin. Toyota needs to thicken that section (at each bolt hole) or use a very large washer under bolt head. That’s what I did after the heat shield fell off the bolt (bolt remained). If you hear metal rattling at a stop light idle and put car in neutral and it goes away, then this is most likely the culprit. In your driveway or other safe area, with car running, looking under car, you’ll see exactly where the sound comes from.
Excellent hack instead of replacing the heat shield, thanks for the video.
This was the first sma video I ever watched. Here we are, years later =)
A short video is a good video, thanks.
This is short sweet and simple...thank you and i just subbed!
Here is a easier and faster tip. Heat resistant JB weld over the screw that should still be sticking out that originally held it in place and then spread it out over the expanded hole in the heat shield.
That was a clean looking under body compared to some of the cars you've worked on.
I went to dealership service center for maintenance, and they said heat shield is rust and need to be replaced. It was like $250, and sounds like rip off, so I decided not to replace it. Does it matter??
Man, I knew it was a loose something or or other. Thanks for the video.
Fantastic. Just found out the heat shield was causing the rattling from my car. Next I need to find out why the reverse lights don't work, and no, it's not the breaks
Thanks for the video. Very easy job to do. Very helpful video.
the legend begins!!!
How well does that do for the car in winter climates where road salt is used? You are drilling through the paint and e-coat and making exposed steel which will rust.
This scares me, rather live with the rattle
@@CRAPO2011 rust would take 10 plus years to take such a damaging effect... if you so chose to have your car still then.
I've had this problem on my 2001 Astra. They tend to break around the original nuts so what I did was to undo the nuts and put a big washer between the nut and heat shield to hold it in place. I had a couple of them shear off but I still had enough to be able to hold the heat shields in place.
I did this but I also put multipurpose grease around the bolt and both side of the surrounding heat-shield area and on the large washer and covered the nut. Any water or moisture will now not stay in place for it to rust in the same place.
Yep, you can do that or you unscrew the original fitting, place the shield back over the original fixing holes and put a mid size metal washer over the heat shield where it has errored and screw back into original hole with original fixing.
Man you drill fast in metal! I like to go slow and get the chip going. Maybe I can go faster w hard bits. Thanks for the video👍
So the muffler heat shield on my 2007 came loose last weekend... I finally get around to googling for it and lo... this video pops up right at the top. E140 just like this one, looks like it's exactly the same one that's loose on mine. Only trouble is I don't have a nice big lift like that, so we'll have to see how well we can do with the jackstands.
How did it go, plonkster? No jackstands for me, so I'll be crawling/sliding under my car to work on mine in a couple minutes. Wish me luck!
Nyc road salt is salivating at this mod.
Flex seal, bro. 👉😎👉
That shit rusted out my entire brake line on an old Jeep Cherokee I had up there. The cost to fix it was more than I paid for the car.
They spray liquid salt now in Ontario shit coats your car 😭😭
Can anyone tell me what kind of screws and nuts you need for this or what kind of bolts to get? I've gone to to Auto places and neither one can tell me what kind of need to purchase. Any help would be helpful this video is excellent and I will definitely put it to use as soon as I can figure out what kind of screws and nuts I
If using self tapping screws, what length and gauge screw would you recommend? Thanks.
Thanks, hit a nasty pothole and will do this the weekend!!
Can u just drill self tappers?
For the heat shields that are two pieces (above and below the pipe) a quick fix is to just use a large hose clamp wrapped all around the shields. It's a lot faster If you need to remove it and it usually lasts a couple of years although it does not look real professional.
I just yanked mine off lol
So see the hole that you’ve drilled through the painted surface. When salt and water gets into the area and comes in contact with the raw metal. Will it rust ?
I prefer to use plastic washers for the heat shields. Stops the galvanic corrosion from getting any worse. And may sound cheap but I typically just use old bottle caps, center drill 1/4" hole. If original nut can be removed, have the inside surface of the cap facing outwards. If too rusted to remove nut, but with enough thread protruding from the stud, flip the cap over and then 2x nut it. Repaired countless vehicles with way over the years. Never had a comeback.
nice tip!
Which bottle cap is best to use ? Coke , Lilt, 7- UP ? 😜
@@djx-ray1876 Orangina 😛
Who could thumbs down this. It was a simple and short yet informative video. Booooo to the thumbs downers. Great video keep up the great work. Sheeesh some people ya know.
And I thought he was going to say just rip the @#$%& thing off.
Great tip, Eric.
Very exact video of problem and clear explanation of remedy .
This is exactly what I'm dealing with now. Same type of heat shield, but i don't have a lift to do the work myself 😢
I have a Toyota venza, quick question please, if my fell off, am I at a risk of damaging something under the car? Or take it to the shop? I don't have the tool you used. What's the name please?
Will this create rust over time on the hole
That's like the best case scenario situations. Lol! The bottom of my car looks like nothing like that. Lol
What is the hole become a spot for rust to develop? Like if water gets in the hole somehow
If there's no structural member to secure a rivet, instead of drilling through the floor, I'd suggest using JB weld or similiar epoxy, and "glue" a small piece of flat aluminum stock to drill the hole into instead of the floor. Add cross spacers to the flat aluminum piece so you're not "gluing" the piece directly to the floor. You need a gap between the floor and that glued piece for the rivet to mushroom and not drill into the floor.
Would a rusted heat shield sound similar ? Mine makes a jingle very very clearly at 1500 RPMs but my tail pipe and muffler rusted off, wondering if it’s the heat shield or not, if I get an exhaust installed will they tighten the heat shield if hard ware is just loose?
I have a 2007 ford edge awd just replaced ptu . I have 1 heat shield left over .I have no ideal where it goes. If you could do a video on all heat shields placements .I would be grateful for it . Thank you if you do.
Thank you! Pop rivet was a great idea.
Quick and lasting fix!
I just drilled new holes with a bit and found some big washers.
thanks! very helpful
Would removing it be dangerous?
Hi, my heat shield was removed 1 year ago, it looked like no problem at all up to now (yes, drove in hot summer at all), is it Ok to live without it? Thanks.
i love rivets!
unless you're trying to remove them.
Great video - to the point and no fuzz. What kind of rivets will be the best? Aluminum? Stainless? Monel?
2015 Nissan Versa.
Heat shield rattling. Was told the shield rattling Is connected to Catalytic Converter and both would have to be removed and then I have to replace the catalytic converter.
Wow. Eric's videos have changed a lot. Or is it Eric that's changed.
Thanks for the tip just fixed mine with self tapping screws 👍👍
just got my Mazda CX-9 heat shield problem. It broke loose at 150kmh going on the highway. at high speed the wind kept it tight to the floor so it did not rattle much. Once i slowed down, the sound was terrible as it fell right on my drive shaft (AWD). Both fittings got broken. Drilled new hole on one side and used the same whole on the other side (just the rivet went brokeon one side). Used bigger diameter bolts for metal with big threads. Now it is sitting tight and nice but maan it was loud.... People were turning heads when I was passing by them on 401 Hwy LOL
I often put a washer on the rivet when holding such weak metal
Thanks for showing that most people just rip them off not realizing what they're doing ...👍
Can l do this on my 2012 Rogue? I’m not sure if there are any areas to drill a hole, for my pop rivets. Is there another way, if this fails? Thanks, it’s loud, and the neighbors started looking today!🙄
I poked holes in mine and tied hose clamps around the muffler. My guess is washers would have been better but one was stripped and I couldnt get it off
I had this problem when I got my oil change they removed it, will that cause any problems
Sophia Trinidad Yeah, it could catch fire. Def need a heat shield.
TheAodha lol unless your racing or under constant full throttle it’ll never get hot enough to burn anything it’s a very thin sheet separated into panels If you think that would protect you from a fire than idk what to tell you. many cars don’t have it from it simply rusting off and it’ll go unnoticed the rest of that cars life
I need to check mine. I think this may be the issue with my 04 expedition.
Had this done at a local Midas. Cost $60 CDN to have it done. Was it worth the cost. Note I am a senior and have a hard time getting under my car.
What about heat shields for the power steering rack?
Just had this issue with my Nissan Titan. Took it in for service for a rattle and slight vibration at high speed. Thought maybe it was transmission related. Turned out to be a $1.50 clamp on the heat shield. Nissan was happy to replace it for the low, low price of the $139 diagnostic fee + $1.50 for the clamp. I'm pretty sure diagnosis and repair took them about 15 minutes. Not a bad way to make a buck. But I don't have a lift... so I guess I'll consider this a "convenience charge." 🙄
yep had this exact problem - and you nailed it. THANKS!!
No, he pop riveted it.