Jeep Cherokee 4.0L down pipe rattle

[Mudderoy]

For sometime now I've had a problem with the down pipe bouncing, rattling, on the cross member.

I tried bending the hanger by jacking up the down pipe and it would stop for a while then come back.

I've replaced the down pipe twice since I've owned the Jeep and this last time I saw where one of my exhaust leaks were. The metal tore where the hanger was welded to the down pipe, probably from me jacking it up.

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When I had the cross member out for Atlas install I remove a little bit of the cross member to make a bit of a gap, but it's still touching.

I decided to try something new.

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Amazon didn't have a single hanger to do what I wanted so I purchased two.

https://amzn.to/2RLt80Z and https://amzn.to/2TQTBHU

[downsy]

Interesting. That little square rubber isolator next to the trans mount also gets soft like a marshmallow or just wallowed out over the years and causes the exhaust to touch the cross member too. There's not a lot of room there to start with :(

[Mudderoy]

Ha! I never thought about trying to replace it. I think this will last longer anyway. May still replace it.

[carloxj]

Looks like a good solution. Thanks for sharing.

[Mudderoy]

Yep so far so good! :D