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=== Rattles, clicking and clanking === | === Rattles, clicking and clanking === | ||
Bells make a lot of noise. They ring, toll, peal and strike the time whenever it is required of them. There are other noises that aren’t normal. Clicking, clanking, and rattling when you ring a bell can be indicative of many different issues. Clicking might mean that a bell needs grease or that a clapper spring needs a new pad. Clanking might be a loose spring, clapper, or a tolling hammer failing to return to the proper position. Rattling can be a little harder to diagnose. Sometimes a bird screen can cause a rattle that is only audible outside the tower or a loose chain on a motor could be the culprit. | Bells make a lot of noise. They ring, toll, peal and strike the time whenever it is required of them. There are other noises that aren’t normal. Clicking, clanking, and rattling when you ring a bell can be indicative of many different issues. Clicking might mean that a bell needs grease or that a clapper spring needs a new pad. Clanking might be a loose spring, clapper, or a tolling hammer failing to return to the proper position. Rattling can be a little harder to diagnose. Sometimes a bird screen can cause a rattle that is only audible outside the tower or a loose chain on a motor could be the culprit. | ||