Silicon Rubber or Equal for Rattle

[Fazer]

On my Tourer, the metal bag support rests on top of the truck stacks and when I hit a bump, I get an annoying rattle.  I am thinking a small piece of high temp rubber gasket to withstand the heat of the exhaust would be just the ticket.  I see listings for rubber gasket material on Ebay, but there has to be a simple source for something like this.  My plan would be to use double stick tape to the bottom of the saddle bag support where it hits the exhaust.

Any thoughts?

[big poppa pump]

It shouldn't be rattling in the first place. Something is loose.

[John Schmidt]

Is it the black pan/guard that's screwed to the bottom of the bag mounts? If so, I would assume the contact is at the very back end where it curves down....mine did the same on one side. The cure....my jig saw with a metal cutting blade. I cut off the back end where it came in close contact on one side and touched on the other, been that way for a dozen years with no adverse results for exhaust heat. Just be sure to paint the edges where you cut to prevent weathering.

[98valk]

check the chrome exhaust heat shield next to the rider's right foot peg for looseness.

[Fazer]

Good suggestion John.  That is exactly where it is hitting. 

Big Poppa--how ya doin'?  It's very tight, not loose anywhere.  It hits, just line John said his did when hitting sharp bumps--not swells, like spreed bumps, although I suppose if you hit them hard enough it would flex enough to rattle.

98Valk had a good suggestion about the heat shield, but I have already chased that one down.  I had to buy a couple of rubber sleeves that cover the tabs where they attach to the rest of the system.  No rattle there.

[mark81]

You could do this Greg

http://www.horseapple.com/Valkyrie/Tech_Tips/Interstate_Stacks/interstate_stacks.html

Are you sure your exhaust isnt tweaked slightly?

Easy place to source heat resistant silicon sheet is a pot holder. Another option might be a kevlar oven mit like "the OveGlove"  look in the kitchen section at target or meijer and I'm sure there will be something

[Jess from VA]

My interstate heat shields (below bags) got rattley.  And where they touched the exhaust truck stack tips, they corroded a bit (just narrow lines).  I took my bags off, and bent the heat shields up (just) a bit in the back.  When I put the bags back on, I had to push them down hard to get the bolts tapped (pushing the bent up shields down a little), and every time they come off, I have to do some pushing again.  But no more rattle.  

Anything like rubber or silicone you stick down there is going to melt, smell and make a mess.  A better spacer would be a chunk of steel/nut/washers/small rock, but bending them up a bit in back does the trick.
You are not trying to cushion the heat shields from the stacks, you are moving the shields above the stacks (like only a couple millimeters). 

[Bighead]

My interstate heat shields (below bags) got rattley.  And where they touched the exhaust truck stack tips, they corroded a bit (just narrow lines).  I took my bags off, and bent the heat shields up (just) a bit in the back.  When I put the bags back on, I had to push them down hard to get the bolts tapped (pushing the bent up shields down a little), and every time they come off, I have to do some pushing again.  But no more rattle.  

Anything like rubber or silicone you stick down there is going to melt, smell and make a mess.  A better spacer would be a chunk of steel/nut/washers/small rock, but bending them up a bit in back does the trick.
You are not trying to cushion the heat shields from the stacks, you are moving the shields above the stacks (like only a couple millimeters). 

This.^^^^^^^