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soft top lubrication
- IMZ4N
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soft top lubrication
What parts need to be lubed, What should I lube it with. This is a preventive procedure.
- IMZ4N
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Re: soft top lubrication
No one?
- seanodwyer
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soft top lubrication
Just stop it at the half way point and you'll see all the hinges. Don't use WD40. Use a light grease or a light oil like 3in1. Also oil/grease the rollers in the screen top that the hood locks into. That's what I do for what it's worth
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- TINO
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Re: soft top lubrication
lube mine every 2 months with 3in1 as said half open no probs yet, fingers crossed
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Re: soft top lubrication
+1 on 3 in 1 oil,is it a problem if one of the rollers doesnt roll?
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Re: soft top lubrication
I live in the desert in New Mexico. If you are lubing your rollers every two months, how often should I be lubing mine? The wife purchased the car about 4 months ago and I have yet to do anything with the top other than some 303 cleaner and protector on the fabric itself. With the sandstorms and wind here I should have suspected lube was required on the rollers. I will do it soon for sure. 3-in-1 seems to be the general consensus so that is what I will use. Just the rollers with the 3-in-1 then?TINO wrote:lube mine every 2 months with 3in1 as said half open no probs yet, fingers crossed
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- Ewazix
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Re: soft top lubrication
I started doing mine when the roof stuck and always use a little light cycle oil, don't forget the fly-out catches in the front edge of the roof, these were the parts that stuck on mine. I clean excess oil off the windscreen rollers as it attracts grit around them.
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- IMZ4N
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Re: soft top lubrication
Thank you guys for the replies. I did not know what to use, and did not think of the parts in the soft top at the windshield. I had considered using a graphite lube to keep from collecting dust. I figure less is more in this case and just do it often ( twice a year as the top is open/closed all year long here ).
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Re: soft top lubrication
Get a hardtop or better yet, trade it in on a coupe and problem solved!IMZ4N wrote:Thank you guys for the replies. I did not know what to use, and did not think of the parts in the soft top at the windshield. I had considered using a graphite lube to keep from collecting dust. I figure less is more in this case and just do it often ( twice a year as the top is open/closed all year long here ).
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- IMZ4N
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Re: soft top lubrication
So what you are trying to say is , you have no useful input on this question. If I did what you suggest, it would then create a different issue. I would have people offering to bring sawsalls and can openers to meets for me. LOLIncompatible Get a hardtop or better yet, trade it in on a coupe and problem solved!
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Re: soft top lubrication
This sort of thing is quite natural, It's a form of penis envy, affected C owners usually learn to deal with their lack of equipmentIMZ4N wrote:So what you are trying to say is , you have no useful input on this question. If I did what you suggest, it would then create a different issue. I would have people offering to bring sawsalls and can openers to meets for me. LOLIncompatible Get a hardtop or better yet, trade it in on a coupe and problem solved!
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- IMZ4N
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Re: soft top lubrication
Ewazix This sort of thing is quite natural, It's a form of penis envy, affected C owners usually learn to deal with their lack of equipment
Incompatible and I do drives and see each other quite often ( inside joke going on here ) I have offered to bring such tools for him in the past. LOL I love my roadster and enjoy the ability to have the top up and hide from radiant sun or to drop the top and enjoy the wind rushing across my scalp ( darn near bald ) LOL
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Re: soft top lubrication
IMZ4N wrote:Ewazix This sort of thing is quite natural, It's a form of penis envy, affected C owners usually learn to deal with their lack of equipment
Incompatible and I do drives and see each other quite often ( inside joke going on here ) I have offered to bring such tools for him in the past. LOL I love my roadster and enjoy the ability to have the top up and hide from radiant sun or to drop the top and enjoy the wind rushing across my scalp ( darn near bald ) LOL
".....have put top up and hide from radiant sun" - You have no idea how much a comment like hurts us here in the land of eternal cloud!
A few years ago I did route from LA to vegas, back through death valley, over the hills then the pacific coastal roads to SF and then North, spectacular driving. I would love to do it in a Zed but unfortunately I had a rental sedan, maybe post a thread with some pics of your best roads? I'm sure us cold, damp Brits would enjoy (Big Sur sticks in my memory).
2003 2.5 SE, low miles, Sterling Grey, 108's & Eagles, no stubby here! Unmolested.
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- IMZ4N
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Re: soft top lubrication
Here are just a few, LOL I feel for those that need to store their cars in winter. Winter to me is the fact we must drive the beaches rather than the mountains. Sorry
http://www.z4-forum.com/forum/viewtopic ... 14&t=11897
http://www.z4-forum.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=6636
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yO_mROUTq50
http://www.z4-forum.com/forum/viewtopic ... 14&t=11897
http://www.z4-forum.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=6636
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yO_mROUTq50
- TINO
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Re: soft top lubrication
lube all you can,any hinge where the roof goe's back just a small drop does it here,wind,rain,frost,snow,-0. things you wont see, but need to be addressed here in uk