B Pillar Tick

[dmorrisL86]

So frustrating to pay nearly 50k for a truck and have the interior rattle like a can of marbles. Guess thats what happens when GM has these trucks built in freaking Mexico. The interior of my 03 had no rattles at all. Of course, it was assembled at the Pontiac, MI assembly center. I wonder if there are any US-built 14-17 double cab owners with this same issue...

[sierra1412]

My 15 was a double cab and I never had this issue, I talked to my gm technician buddies , never had this issue, checked for tsb none found of course , I'm at a loss

[lerbud]

In your video there is a silver bracket. If you move it around it makes all kinds of noise. It is rivited to the wall and moves around. I tried sound deadner but it still rattled so i wedged a piece of speaker wire behind that bracket and I think that fixed it. I did all 4 seat belts earlier tonight..

Edited September 29, 2017 by lerbud06

[sierra1412]

Tried that wasn't it , so tonight I wedged a cloth in between my door and the b pillar , quieted the noise drastically, not gone but live able, also found 2 contact patches where my inner door molding is rubbing of my paint on the b pillar awesome ??

[bdsilverado]

Photos of where it's rubbing? I'll add tape to that area now while it's new

[sierra1412]

update on my truck, finally figured it 100% out, most of the noise was my door and b pillar tapping each other and creating the contact spots like I mentioned, but still had a slight noise, so I noticed when I weighted my side steps it faintly clicked, long story short I loosened and re torque my side steps correctly and tada, no more turtle sex in my left ear, Ill post pictures when I get the chance, I closed a rag in my door and let it sit like that for a few days, hopefully it tweaked the door a few mm to resolve that, now I need to figure out my paint issue, oh and I just rolled 3000 miles today, glad this one is leased

[ALSLT]

update on my truck, finally figured it 100% out, most of the noise was my door and b pillar tapping each other and creating the contact spots like I mentioned, but still had a slight noise, so I noticed when I weighted my side steps it faintly clicked, long story short I loosened and re torque my side steps correctly and tada, no more turtle sex in my left ear, Ill post pictures when I get the chance, I closed a rag in my door and let it sit like that for a few days, hopefully it tweaked the door a few mm to resolve that, now I need to figure out my paint issue, oh and I just rolled 3000 miles today, glad this one is leased

 

Great information. I need to try this as well! Does anyone know how much we should torque the side steps down?

Edited October 2, 2017 by AL's LT

[MBSierra17]

Does the B pillar trim just pop off after the grab handles are removed?

[sierra1412]

Torque Spec is 13-15 ft lbs, but honestly just go tight with a normal 3/8 ratchet and don't muscle it too much, should be held in by speed clips so the worse you can do it bend the clips, and if you do crazy pull the rocker so don't go nuts, and 2 10mm bolts for the grab handle, step rip and tear, these clips are a gift from the devil himself so make sure you have a trim tool remover handy

[sierra1412]

And the way I torque them down is get all the bolts started , push the steps up slightly , bottom 2 inner first; 2 bottom outer and the upper 4 same order in then out

[redwngr]

Thought I had a b pillar rattle on the passenger side.

 

Only happend sometimes. Turned out it was the position of the seatbelt tongue.

 

All is good now.

[dmorrisL86]

update on my truck, finally figured it 100% out, most of the noise was my door and b pillar tapping each other and creating the contact spots like I mentioned, but still had a slight noise, so I noticed when I weighted my side steps it faintly clicked, long story short I loosened and re torque my side steps correctly and tada, no more turtle sex in my left ear, Ill post pictures when I get the chance, I closed a rag in my door and let it sit like that for a few days, hopefully it tweaked the door a few mm to resolve that, now I need to figure out my paint issue, oh and I just rolled 3000 miles today, glad this one is leased

Thanks so much for your relentless effort to find where the turtles were fornicating. I will try this fix when I get a chance. I messed around with the tightness of my step bolts a few weeks ago and the ticking grew more faint. So this makes sense. Hopefully I can resolve it 100%.

[patrickhunter614]

Have a brand new 2017 Silverado, same issue and not even 100 miles on it yet. What side steps exactly are you talking about, the ones that are labeled Z71?

[silvy2k17]

I've got this same issue, but I don't have any side steps yet. I'll look and see if it's my seatbelt tapping the B-Pillar. Mine is on the passenger side tho.

[dmorrisL86]

Have a brand new 2017 Silverado, same issue and not even 100 miles on it yet. What side steps exactly are you talking about, the ones that are labeled Z71?

The steps on the exterior of the truck, the things you step on to leverage yourself into the vehicle. Not the door sill plates.