>Date: Fri, 16 May 2003 12:07:41 +1000 >To: David Brodbeck <gull@gull.us> >From: Stephen Overmyer <s.overmyer@uws.edu.au> >Subject: Re: creaking coming from under pass seat area > >At 09:51 AM 15/05/2003 -0400, you wrote: >>On Thu, 15 May 2003, Stephen Overmyer wrote: >> >> > Try starting with routinely using a bit of lubricant (and I mean that >> in the >> > nicest possible way...) >> >>What's a "safe" lubricant to use on rubber bushings? I have the usual >>control arm bushing creak, and I also have a squeaky shifter bushing >>that's driving me up the wall. > The spray grease I used was a thin(ish) general lubricating grease in > a spray can with a nozzle to squirt into hard-to-get places. > I can't honestly say what is a safe/unsafe lubricant in these > circumstances... > But it was a VW business with whom I'm friendly who put me onto it > so I assumed it was OK....Nothing undesirable has happened as a result... > > It took a while to finally work it's way into the bushing....I > routinely sprayed > the bushing and general area as best I could as part of each service > regime...it wasn't any overnight sucess.I kept at it at each service > for over > a year...but it seemed to work eventually as the creak went away and > has never returned.......so far anyway...;) > > Cheers, > Steve O > NSW Australia > '92 Transporter WBX Kombi > '68 Beetle > '00 Transporter Double Cab > '03 Transporter Double Cab (work truck) |
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