Genii Rear Exhaust Heatshield

[cootuk]

Looks like the rear exhaust heatshields rot out around the mounting bolts, as mine is currently held on by just one bolt and rattling on the exhaust.

For a 2006 GenII, these come in around £70 delivered with mounting bolts.

I'm minded to bolt a small piece of metal bracket/overlarge washer to hold the old one in place, assuming I can get the old bolts out. Maybe even use self tappers to remount.

Anyone else bodged one recently?

[cootuk]

So its held on with three bolts and one nut, all 10mm hex heads.

Two bolts are easy to get to at the side, the other bolt and nut are above the back box.

My most usefull tool is a 10mm ring spanner with a short handle - this is just short enough, along with a hammer to tap them loose.

I fashioned some large tabs out of an aluminium tray and bolted these on to hold it in place.

Pretty easy if you can get the car up on ramps.

[TomdeGuerre]

on a quick trawl i see lots of members have had trouble with these heatshields causing buzzing and vibration and I'm surprised no one replied. Did you take any photos of the repair? It would be of interest to see.​

[cootuk]

There's the shield removed, along with the bolts and my replacement bolt.

You can also see the shield corroded where the washer have been.

Then my aluminium tabs.

[TomdeGuerre]

Cool! great pictures, show where the probelm lies and it's something i'm sure others are bound to be looking for info on. Surprised to see just how substantial the fixings were, i've seen these things just held on to little pins on the underside with spire nuts.

[cootuk]

The bolts go into the two side holes, and the forward hole above the exhaust.

The nut is just above the rear end of the exhaust - that needs spraying with lubricant for a few days prior as youre unwinding it over a rusty thread.

Im dubious of using a baked bean tin/bottle lid as those are steel and this end of the car gets water spray and exhaust heat.