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Hi. We've just got a new -second hand- Berlingo 59 Reg. There is a rattle over uneven surfaces which comes from the area of the spare wheel mounting. The bolt is fully tight. my husband has tried packing round the spare wheel but cannot solve it. It seems there must be something loose about the actual mounting. Anyone else have this and can it be solved? My husband hates unexplained rattles.
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Hello. First thing I'd do is to take out the spare and have a good look around the underlying area to see if anything is loose. Exhaust pipe maybe? When the spare is mounted in the carrier and the bolt is tight is there any play in the spare or is it rock solid??
2010 Berlingo Multispace HDi 110 with FAP. Persamos green.
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Like 3rensho says -badly fitted exhaust/towbar- get underneath and swing the pipe to see if you can duplicate the rattle.
Also when the spare wheel bolt is tight, is the carrier still loose?-it could be a replacement clamp from another car that gets fully tight before the wheel carrier has clamped the tyre up properly
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All good advice. One good tip on this forum is of note, when re mounting your spare is to ensure the tyre valve is on the inside, ie when you put the tyre back in the cradle you can see the valve. Just a deterent for would be "spare tyre" thieves. They can't deflate the tyre to get it out of the cradle, Oh, and I smeared a tiny bit of grease on the retaining bolt threads aswell.
I've got an 09 XTR and have just put my tyres to 2.3 all round and the suspension is slightly more audible over the speed bumps etc
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