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Car Forum / Mazda / Mazda Miata / October 2004Damned Squeaks
There sounds to be a mouse convention under the front wing. I presume it's bushings. What lube will sort it out without damaging rubber? Morien Front wing? WD-40 tends to travel and lube pretty well, it's also very safe with almost any mat'l. Douse the suspected area. Chris 92BB&T > There sounds to be a mouse convention under the front wing. I presume it's > bushings. What lube will sort it out without damaging rubber? > > Morien Silicone spray is far better for this application. WD-40 dries out quickly and leaves a gummy residue. -John > Front wing? > [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > > > Morien > There sounds to be a mouse convention under the front wing. I presume it's > bushings. What lube will sort it out without damaging rubber? More likely the bonnet. The rubber stops can be adjusted and lithium grease applied to silence the noises.  SignatureKen Lyons '97 Brilliant Black/'90 Classic Red Inside the Beltway [Remove the first two digits to reply] > There sounds to be a mouse convention under the front wing. I presume it's > bushings. What lube will sort it out without damaging rubber? > > Morien My '97 has a "damned squeak" that comes and goes... when it's there I hear it every time I depress the clutch pedal. Is there a bushing or something up in there that can be lubed? On trips, it goes away, comes back after sitting in the garage for a while. Roger Hi Roger, My squeaks (which unfortunately are still alive and well despite some liberal silicon lubrication) are definitely suspension - road imperfections set them off. Yours would seem to me to be clutch release bearing. The bearing cannot be lubed only replaced (in terms of labour this is a clutch replacement). On the happy side I've had cars with a noisy release bearing that I've lived with for tens of thousands of miles before giving in and doing the job. All the best Morien <Roger Scow>; "Sr" <olscow@swbell.net> wrote in message news:2004100815340916807%olscow@swbellnet... > > There sounds to be a mouse convention under the front wing. I presume it's > > bushings. What lube will sort it out without damaging rubber? [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > Roger I once had an unrelenting squeak every time I just drove the car....pronounced more so on uneven pavement. Turned out to be the hood latch. By loosening the bolt and then retightening it, the squeak went away. We found this out by driving VERY slowly with my husband jogging along hold pressure on the hood. We only had to drive a few yards and with NO cars around. Don't try this at any fast speed! ;-) ~Cissy :-) Lefty: I would have paid big money to have seen that trick. Dick must be in great shape. Righty >Lefty: >I would have paid big money to have seen that trick. Dick must be in great >shape. >Righty Ha Ha Ha!!! Hiya Righty! :-D ~Cissy :-) >I once had an unrelenting squeak every time I just drove the car....pronounced >more so on uneven pavement. Turned out to be the hood latch. By loosening the [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] >around. Don't try this at any fast speed! ;-) >~Cissy :-) I once had squeaks coming from all corners of my Miata, front end, rear end, the top, etc... it was driving me crazy! Then I lubricated the hood latch with some bearing grease and it fixed all the squeaks magically! ;-) Try that one first... Worked for me! Daniel >I once had squeaks coming from all corners of my Miata, front end, >rear end, the top, etc... it was driving me crazy! Then I lubricated [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] >Try that one first... Worked for me! >Daniel LOL Daniel! :) ~Cissy :-) |
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