Today I was driving around and i heard this rattle. When I got home My dad and I checked it out and the heat shield for my exhaust had rusted off and it had caused the rattling sound. I took it out but I'm wandering is this something that I have to worry about, should i just forget it or should I try and replace it? Any help would be great.

 

I have always just removed the shields without ever reattaching them unless it's the one befween the exhaust system and the Cab floor...then you feet could get a bit uncomfortable.

 

The one closest to the tail pipe can be removed without overheating anything?

 

i dont know about that. mine is next to my gas tank which is plastic. i think if the factory thought it was a good thing it will stay there.

 

how would you fix it if it rattles?

 

this same thing just happened to me. it was the heat shield on the muffler that came off mine. I took it out and it hasn't melted anything yet. I did a full day of serious wheeling in the heat with it off, and nothing bad happened. when I was getting something out of my back seat though I noticed that everything under there was really freaking hot though. I tried to move my chains and the plastic bag that they are in was basically liquid to the touch.
I doubt there's any way to reattach it properly without welding...maybe a lot of tight exhaust wrap? I would like to know how to do this too

 

u could buy a new one. u could get one from the jy. u could add some metal to ur rusted one or u could just make ur own. u have a welder or any metal working tooks?

 

which one is rattling?

 

its the one over the muffler. I was at school and my dad decided to be nice and ordered me a new one that should be in today.

 

I just have a little crack at the start, i'm gonna try to JB weld it

 

i replaced the stock exhaust with a magnaflow and the heat shield had rusted a bit and started to fall off. so i got some self tapping screws with bigger washers than the rust out around the bolts and screwed it back on.

 

i run no head shields and it was ok, although the plastic gas tank cover was melted in the back due to not using the right hanger

 

Go to lowes or home depot and buy a dryer hose clamp and wrap it around the cat and tighten it up . Thats what I did. problem solved.

 

Glad you got that taken care of

Another way is to get an OEM gas tank skid then you can remove the shield and still have metal there