Creaks, Squeaks, and Rattles

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Our Bessacarr was rather noisy but both AS MHs haven’t been too bad and it’s mainly the contents that rattled. Careful packing has eliminated most of it and tricks like placing the tea towel over the hob to stop the glass lid rattling help. Clothes pegs to keep the oven shelves in place and packing the grill pan and m/wave turntable away all have their place in the great silencing plan.

You're on the right track, Dave, with plastic or felt pads and it’s very much trial and error. I’d be a little concerned and keep a close watch if I thought the actual furniture was groaning and in danger of moving.

Remis cab blinds are often noisy but sometimes adding tension to the cables can help. Maybe just stuffing a bit of kitchen paper behind the cable will help - it did for me.

Its a Bessacarr High-Style 412. 6m length.

Nicely appointed, and comfortable when not on the move 

The 2.3L Ducato 130, is respectably quiet at cruising speed, and on a rare section of smooth Tarmac the creaks and rattles subside quite considerably, but on our "normal" road surfaces, everything behind gets very noisy.

BTW, going by your 'user name' I take you are into SCUBA. I spent several years diving (BSAC), and many times in Dorset. Is Ron Parry's dive shack still at the Portland end of Chesil Beach?

Too old now 

 

I don't think the furniture is moving at all, and I guess its more case of flexing

It did get my son to ride in the back, to try and identify the clatter, but he said it seemed to be coming from everywhere. (lol)

I'm hoping that now I have dropped the tyre pressures down from 80psi, to Continental's recommended pressures, that it might help matters.

As it was, with 80psi all round, it was a real 'bone shaker'

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It’s true that rattles are worse on poor road surfaces, Dave. The better the road, the quieter the van.

Our Bessacarr was a 795 of 2007 vintage. Comfortable with all mod cons but poorly put together.

"Like you Dave I'm too old now but I think Parry's is still going. I was IANTD."

There comes a time when we all have to give in to the inevitable 

But age is only a number, so they tell me, an life still has plenty to offer  

"Re the rattles have had had your van weighed in fighting trim? If so have you contacted your tyre manufacturer and obtained their recommended tyre pressures? It could make all the difference."

Yes I have. See my 'thread' on tyre pressures.

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Dave, like DD we also have a Carthago and batting along French highways, it seems pretty 'silent' at close to 70mph, with quiet chatting easy...

yes, I know their roads are in a different league and back home things are a bit different....but as DD says, changing those pressures 'should' help quite a lot...

forgetting the cooker/pots/pans rattles, whats difficult is identifying where your other 'squeaks' are coming from, even with a 'detective' on board...

however, there is a lot to be said for the varying fixing methods used to build cabinets and enclosures....

our old Boleros (we had two) were just screwed together...edge to edge, whereas on this van all joints are 'biscuit jointed, glued/bonded and then screwed together'...

i wanted to remove a panel in the rear garage to make a small modification......it had the usual 'angled screws' and after removing these I thought the panel would ease out.....

no.....I called the dealer who then told me what else held all panels....

i decided not to bother....and worked around it another way...

we have no 'edge to edge' creaking and groaning and I'm sure the construction technique has everything to do with this....

also, all the furniture is totally self supporting, being fully assembled prior to the sidewalls being added.....these provide no structural support  to the furniture.

noise in a vehicle can drive one mad, especially as tours can be quite extensive....

ypu need to be patient and hope the detective can contine to help you detect.

welcome to motorhoming.....