[T3] Stopping Squeaks

[Jim Adney]

On 9 Oct 2012 at 1:05, Dave Hall wrote:

> Don't put oil products on rubber.  If it's the rubber donuts on the spring
> plates, VW advise talcum powder, but I guess silicone sprays may be OK on
> rubber.

Rubber bushings are designed to "squirm" internally. If you do 
anything that might let them slide on the outside they will wear out 
quickly. Silicone won't react poorly with the rubber, but it will 
keep the bushing from working properly and make it destroy itself.

> Do you remember the VW advert - car (Rabbit) driving across desert,
> squeaking noise.  Driver keeps pressing bits of the trim to try to spot the
> culorit.  Pulls in at gas station, and mechanic with oil-can in hand listens
> to the noise, and then he holds the passenger's ear-ring, and the squeak
> stops.  

Sounds great, but I've not seen that one here. Did I miss it?

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Jim Adney, jadney at vwtype3.org
Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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