[Author Prev][Author Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Author Index][Thread Index] Re: sunroof lube ?
In a message dated 9/14/98 "scott miller" <macatawa@hotmail.com> writes: << What's best to lube sunroofs? Silicon doesn't seem to last. >> I have had excellent results lubing the rails with a bicycle dry chain lubricant called White Lightning. Bentley calls out "mineral oil" (read Pentosin Green Gold) but I have a feeling that is for the cables more than the rails. The cables (when not worn out) have a furry material between the spirals (gear) to retain lubricant. This is where the mineral oil goes. On my cables this furry stuff is gone and I have new ones in hand (thanks to Rod at IPC for a great price!) but have not rebuilt mine yet. I will post my experience of rebuilding the thing if there is interest. The rails must be cleaned with a solvent soaked rag top and bottom. Next apply the dry lubricant of choice. Silicon doesn't last IME either. White Lightning seems to last the longest of any products I have tried thus far. << Boeshield T9 seems a good choice. >> Boeshield T9 is an excellent product and I use it on my sailboat. It does leave a fairly thick waxy and sticky film--NOT what you desire on your sunroof rails. I have yet to try it but a company called Miller-Stephenson Chemical Company, inc. makes various products for industrial applications that are of interest to me. One is a PTFE Dry Lubricant. The stuff is apparently outragously expensive but you can get a "trial sample" supposedly for 5 bucks a can. If interested their # is: (800) 992-2424. I can think of many areas where dry teflon would be a great lubricant including sunroof rails. HTH Mike Veglia 87 5kcstq (about to undergo sunroof surgery for loosing mechanical alignment)
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