Ideas needed to eliminate body squeak?
Discussion
On my passengers side where the center pod rests on the side pod, I believe I've got the chirping bird sound that drives me nuts. Has anyone else encountered body squeaks that they successfully eliminated? If so, what was your technique for stopping them?
On another note, I found one way to make the clip latches much quieter and not rattle as you drive down the road. I bought some large diameter heat shrink tubing in black and slid it over the male stud and shrank it. It was amazingly helpful in quieting down the slight amount of slop in both the front and rear clips.
I appreciate any and all ideas!
Thanks,
Paul
On another note, I found one way to make the clip latches much quieter and not rattle as you drive down the road. I bought some large diameter heat shrink tubing in black and slid it over the male stud and shrank it. It was amazingly helpful in quieting down the slight amount of slop in both the front and rear clips.
I appreciate any and all ideas!
Thanks,
Paul
Great idea on the heat shrink tubing, easy to replace as needed.
The Aircraft Spruce catalog has several rubber molded extrusions that are very helpful. Call them for a free catalog as their website takes too long to search.
I used the u-groove molding as a buffer between the front and rear covers and the center section and the chassis bars.
ken
The Aircraft Spruce catalog has several rubber molded extrusions that are very helpful. Call them for a free catalog as their website takes too long to search.
I used the u-groove molding as a buffer between the front and rear covers and the center section and the chassis bars.
ken
Paul: I just eliminated the last of my noises. On the pssengers side, were the rear support bar goes through the body was just a bit to tight, clearenced the body about 1/18 of an inch noise gone. Earlier I had a noise from the same area caused by using a bolt with to little tread to pull the bar all the way tight to the roll hoop. Made all kinds of noise way out of scale to what you might excpect. Good luck with yours, Lee
San Diego GTR said:
On my passengers side where the center pod rests on the side pod, I believe I've got the chirping bird sound that drives me nuts. Has anyone else encountered body squeaks that they successfully eliminated? If so, what was your technique for stopping them?
On another note, I found one way to make the clip latches much quieter and not rattle as you drive down the road. I bought some large diameter heat shrink tubing in black and slid it over the male stud and shrank it. It was amazingly helpful in quieting down the slight amount of slop in both the front and rear clips.
I appreciate any and all ideas!
Thanks,
Paul
Paul, have you got a pic of the heatshrink fix.On another note, I found one way to make the clip latches much quieter and not rattle as you drive down the road. I bought some large diameter heat shrink tubing in black and slid it over the male stud and shrank it. It was amazingly helpful in quieting down the slight amount of slop in both the front and rear clips.
I appreciate any and all ideas!
Thanks,
Paul
Dave
Dave,
It is really a pretty easy, quick and cheap way to help the latches from rattling in their locked state. I used 1" black heat shrink tubing and trimmed the excess off the end of the stud.
I hope this helps.
Paul
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It is really a pretty easy, quick and cheap way to help the latches from rattling in their locked state. I used 1" black heat shrink tubing and trimmed the excess off the end of the stud.
I hope this helps.
Paul
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Paul,
I've had three creaks 'n' squeaks in mine, one was the front suspension, fixed by oiling everywhere.
Second was the side pods, where the alloy/carbon covers sit, fixed by running electrical tape around the honeycomb then trimmed.
Lastly the steering column has developed a squeak - not sorted yet.
Robin.
I've had three creaks 'n' squeaks in mine, one was the front suspension, fixed by oiling everywhere.
Second was the side pods, where the alloy/carbon covers sit, fixed by running electrical tape around the honeycomb then trimmed.
Lastly the steering column has developed a squeak - not sorted yet.
Robin.
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