Does Anyone Know What This Valve is Called or What It Does?

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For the last few months, my wife's Denali has sounded like crap for about 10-15 seconds on cold start ups in the mornings. Well, I finally got it on jack stands, slipped underneath it, and was able to pinpoint the culprit of all the clattering and clanking going on. There's a valve between the cat and the muffler with a rotating spring controlled knob on it staying shut......The spring is kind of weak, allowing the valve to stick closed until it warms up. It causes a bunch of clattering and sounds like a bunch of plastic pellets bouncing around inside the exhaust or muffler. The valve also makes a metal clanking sound until it finally opens......Noise is gone now that I rotated it back and forth a few times, and hit it with some dry lube/graphite.

Does anyone know what this valve is for and what it's called?

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I think if you lube that "muffler bearing" the noise will go away. I thought, did not know at all, that it looks like it is for partial exhaust flow blockage to help heat up the cats and then when hot enough it opens fully. I do think I heard the word "flapper" valve on here before but unsure and know I have not heard of a "Fetzer Valve" anywhere.
 
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For the last few months, my wife's Denali has sounded like crap for about 10-15 seconds on cold start ups in the mornings. Well, I finally got it on jack stands, slipped underneath it, and was able to pinpoint the culprit of all the clattering and clanking going on. There's a valve between the cat and the muffler with a rotating spring controlled knob on it staying shut......The spring is kind of weak, allowing the valve to stick closed until it warms up. It causes a bunch of clattering and sounds like a bunch of plastic pellets bouncing around inside the exhaust or muffler. The valve also makes a metal clanking sound until it finally opens......Noise is gone now that I rotated it back and forth a few times, and hit it with some dry lube/graphite.

Does anyone know what this valve is for and what it's called?

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Doesn't it have "DRONE VALVE" and a part# stamped on it?
 
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The Left side of it was unreadable due to the corrosion, staining, etc..........all I could see was "VALVE".
 
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