Brian: You have to decide if you want to run an air cleaner that sits higher than the screen or not. If yes, then keep your screen and remove the shaker bit and get a new high performance air cleaner. You can trim the edge of the cut screen with pinch-welt trim. If you want to run an air cleaner that sits under the screen, that is a different research project to find an air cleaner that has a depressed base that allows such. You will then also have to look for either an original screen or you could attempt to find new screen material and have someone replace the original in the frame. As for the screen rattling, it looks like the side panels have been bent or pushed forward some such that the screen holes are not lining up with the side panels. They can be "manipulated" to get alignment. I used small bolts with wing nuts to allow for quick removal of the center screen when working there. There seem to be two schools of thought on the screen - the "all stock" purists and then those, like me, that bought a 3" K&N hi-flow air cleaner which sticks above the screen. But then my screen had already been cut by the PO so I didn't care.
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