hi guys.

since early on in my cars life i noticed a little rattle when throttling off when driving. largely unnoitceable but recently has got much worse. it seems very prominant between 1k and 2k RPM and you can hear it on idle. today i had it up on hydraulich ramps and started to press against things gently with a crobar to see if the rattle stopped. i was rather shocked when i had checked all the heatshields and it was none of them. i then pushed it up against the actuator and the rattling stopped. it seems to me that the circlip that connects the actuator to the wastegate, has a small amount of wear/play in it which is allowing it to rattle. i have just been up my garage and felt how much play is in the actuator and there doesnt seem to be any play in the actuator itself, or the wastegate but you can feel play on the little linkages that connect the threaded bar to the wastegate. im thinking these may have worn through time.

has anybody ever heard of or experienced this before? and are those small linkages replaceable?

any help would be appreciated. to have the RS sounding super smooth again woul be a real pleasure.