Fixing my rattle trap interior

[Matthew Jeschke]

I thought I had a post on this already but cannot find it. Most of my truck is rebuilt mechanically. I'm moving onto interior. I have to tear down the dash and front doors. Want to fix items that rattle as I do this.

Question 1: Need to find a list of products such as foam tape, felt tape, glues, etc that can be used were panels meet to deaden rattles. Anybody have experience with panel seam insulation materials that work well?

Question 2: My door limit brackets on front doors are warn out. The doors fly open too easily especially when I'm parked on an incline. I cannot find original factory part numbers on GmPartsDirect.com an eBay search shows up the ones linked below. Long story short, anybody know of a quality door limit bracket? I have bad luck with chinese knock off parts.

Door limit bracket on eBay.

Any additional tips on rebuilding interior are appreciated! Thanks

 

[Fless]

Looks to me like you have the right part number:

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[Matthew Jeschke]

@Fless thanks for sharing the link! Very helpful, looks like eBay maybe is plastic and possibly factory is metal... certainly what's in my truck now is metal. I'm going to look if I can find other metal ones.

 

[Fless]

There ought to be millions of these at the UPulls or junkyards, if you can stand having a used part.

 

[Doubeleive]

This stuff is good for deadener, good price for a product that matches the quality of top brand name's out there
you can stick it anywhere there is bare metal, other than that any kind of stick on felt works to solve rattles, hell even duct tape works, if it's behind a panel who cares you wont be looking at it.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00URUIKAK/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o06_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

 

[Tonyrodz]

@Fless thanks for sharing the link! Very helpful, looks like eBay maybe is plastic and possibly factory is metal... certainly what's in my truck now is metal. I'm going to look if I can find other metal ones.

The factory arms on my 03 are plastic.

 

[Matthew Jeschke]

This stuff is good for deadener, good price for a product that matches the quality of top brand name's out there
you can stick it anywhere there is bare metal, other than that any kind of stick on felt works to solve rattles, hell even duct tape works, if it's behind a panel who cares you wont be looking at it.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00URUIKAK/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o06_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

I have a bunch of those stick panels. They worked AWESOME and are fraction cost of dynamat. I redid my doors with it. I want to put them up against the firewall when I pull the dash (damn AC stopped working again ug).

I too was thinking of using gorilla tape, as my buddy who built these trucks at the factory literally said they used gorilla tape on unused connectors to keep them from rattling around under the dash. Somebody had mentioned there's a tape with felt backing though?

Otherwise I'll probably just use small strips of gorilla tape, possibly run a bead of RTV / Caulk of some kind at panel seams. I noticed that is how the factory built the back of the instrument cluster molding.

 

[Matthew Jeschke]

The factory arms on my 03 are plastic.

They must have merged part numbers and or changed the design. Are they holding up good? I may just order the plastic ones as I cannot find anything else.

 

[Tonyrodz]

They must have merged part numbers and or changed the design. Are they holding up good? I may just order the plastic ones as I cannot find anything else.

Had it since 2012, and they've never given me a problem.

 

[Matthew Jeschke]

Ordered the plastic door limit brackets. Stumbled onto some interesting stuff from 3M. They have products designed for auto manufacturers to reduce Buzz Squeak & Rattle, BSR. I may look through what they have an order some of the 3M materials for panel gaps / seams.

UPDATE: Upon looking closer the solutions seem to be sold direct to manufacturers I think I will buy some of this cotton cloth friction tape and put it behind the door molding where it meets the door and give it a try when I install the door limits.

3M Cotton Cloth Friction Tape

Next question, I want to find a good sticky foam tape that would adhere well to door. Reason is the linkages for locks and door are source of rattle as well. Or if there's another suggestion to quiet those down, I already tried replacing the plastic clips that loosely hold them.