Grease me up

douglasgdmw · Post by **douglasgdmw** » Mon May 29, 2006 4:34 pm

My roll over bar on my S1 is a bit squeeky so I expect it needs a bit of grease and bit of adjustment.

However being a non technical sort, not too sure which grease to use.

Which type should I grease her up with

Cheers
DMW

Scottd · Post by **Scottd** » Mon May 29, 2006 4:56 pm

Is it not just the metal clips used to hold it on? I spent ages trying to find the creaks on mine and it turned out to be those.
Silicon spray from halfrauds is a good bet cause it wont break down rubber + foam.

scott

robin · Post by **robin** » Mon May 29, 2006 8:52 pm

The roll over bar itself is not going to squeak (it's bonded to the chassis for life). Remove rear cover and rear window and go for a drive - if the squeak's gone then that's your problem.

Like Scott says, Silicone spray or perhaps some foam pads could help, depending on what's rubbing against what.

Cheers,
Robin

Rich H · Post by **Rich H** » Mon May 29, 2006 10:43 pm

Do you mean roll over bar or Anti-roll bar?

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Sanjøy · Post by **Sanjøy** » Mon May 29, 2006 10:53 pm

Could be the actual glass moving, old S1 trick is to jam one of the Cheesy Wotsit polystyrene packaging bits in between the glass and its groove!

douglasgdmw · Post by **douglasgdmw** » Tue May 30, 2006 9:52 am

It is definitely the rubber on the roll over bar causing a squeeking noise.

When it was in for a service ages ago one of the MMC mechanics noticed the squeeking and applied some grease around the roll over var. I think it is the section where there is a little bit of foam.

Will try the silicon spray tonight and see whether that resolves it.

Thanks for the replies
Cheers
DMW