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Coach_Cleats
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Nov 22, 2015

Noisy front TV

Front TV on my 2004 Cheetah is noisy and really annoying (slight shake and annoying rubbing sound is the best I can describe it) traveling on the road. I've tighten the 2 visible screws in the front to the maX. Are there more screws I should be finding and if so where?

Has anyone removed theirs and if so how? Am I looking at a can of worms to remove it?

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  • I had a 26 inch Sony Wega in my Class C that I replaced with a modern LCD unit. Often, if you tell what brand and size the TV is people might be able to tell you how to get it out of there.

    The back of my Sony had a 1/2 inch thick by 2 inch pin hole, and the framework of the mounting steel had a downward facing pin. The top of the TV was tipped backwards then slid backwards and the pin engaged the hole as the TV was tipped back to level. I think it weighed 81 pounds, a real beast to remove. The new thin Sony 31 fit in nicely with a pull out wall mount.
  • My TV was making noise like you described I went down to Lowes and bought a wood shim and tapped into into the bottom of my TV and that fixed the problem. I did that many years ago and it's still working.
  • You have a CRT TV. Make sure that noise is not the plastic around the actual glass TV tube. That plastic shifts after a few years and makes that kind of noise. Doug
  • If it still has the original TV instead of the newer flat screens units, it is probably quite heavy and it is subject to movement while in motion. Are you sure that it is the TV that is moving and not the cabinet that it is mounted in? Sometimes the cabinets can get loose and will rub against adjacent cabinets and cause a squeaking noise.
    I have changed out three TV's in coaches that I have had and I am not sure that there were any "standard" way that they were attached in the cabinet. I doubt if you only had two screws holding the TV. There are probably several more that might have to be accessed from the side, top, or bottom. If there is a cabinet "face" around the screen, it may have to be removed for better access.