Date:         Tue, 17 Jun 2014 14:12:26 -0700
Reply-To:     Stuart MacMillan <stuartmacm@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Stuart MacMillan <stuartmacm@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Sound improvement success
Comments: To: Eric Caron <ecaron1@COMCAST.NET>
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Be prepared to replace one or both parts.  The brass can wear so thin it
works like an instrument reed, hence the squeak sound--it's vibrating when
scraped by the contact.  Lube will fix it for a while, maybe a long while,
until it wears though and breaks.

Stuart

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
Eric Caron
Sent: Tuesday, June 17, 2014 2:06 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: Sound improvement success

The steering wheel sound for me is not gritty more like a high squeak. Still
checking this area and cleaning up horn contacts should be a good thing to
do.


        Just can't imagine that is where the squeak is coming from.

Eric Caron
85 GL Auto Westfalia


On Jun 17, 2014, at 4:38 PM, Stuart MacMillan <stuartmacm@GMAIL.COM> wrote:

> Yes, Bentley says "all-purpose grease."  Darn, I need to do this job.
>
> Stuart
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
> Richard Koerner
> Sent: Tuesday, June 17, 2014 1:32 PM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: Sound improvement success
>
> If it's kind of a "gritty" squeak, I agree that it is probably the horn
> contact ring.  I disagree with GoWesty's advice to use dielectric grease;
> when I used dielectric grease it only lasted about 9 months (and that
> happened twice in a row).  When I switched to white lithium grease, it's
now
> lasted over 3 years of smooth and quiet operation.  Dielectric "grease" is
> really only a smeary coating to keep corrosion at bay yet not short out
> things, not as lubricious as real grease.
>
> Rich
> San Diego
>
>
>
> ________________________________
> From: Stuart MacMillan <stuartmacm@GMAIL.COM>
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Sent: Tuesday, June 17, 2014 1:18 PM
> Subject: Re: Sound improvement success
>
>
> That squeak might not be the plastic cover rubbing, it could be the horn
> contact ring. Pull the steering wheel and clean and lube it with
all-purpose
> grease.  Good article on both issues here:
> http://www.gowesty.com/library_article.php?id=318
>
> Stuart
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
> Eric Caron
> Sent: Tuesday, June 17, 2014 1:11 PM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Sound improvement success
>
> Now, if I could just fix the squeak made by the steering wheel turning
> against the plastic column I be really pleased.
>
> Eric Caron
> 85 GL Auto Westfalia