anyone have issue with squeaky speedster windshield? Any remedy?
thanks
anyone have issue with squeaky speedster windshield? Any remedy?
thanks
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Now that’s a new one. When and how does it squeak?
maybe WD-40 around the rubber seal
All silicone is about the same - just don't use a petroleum product as that will destroy the rubber. I've used dielectric grease for rubber squeaks - plus there are other silicone "greases" in tubes. Tubes are probably best as there are no potentially harmful propellants. 303 has a good rubber dressing/conditioner. Even Armorall might work.
if WD-40 or duct tape doesnt fix it U have a real problem:}
How are they installed? Can I try and see if volts needs tightening and also put silicon at the same time.
I would put some liquid silicon in a cup and apply around windshield edge and somehow force between rubber and glass on both sides - maybe with a nylon spatula or bondo putty nylon applier. Care needs to be taken tightening any of the bolts - or you'll have more than a squeak to worry about. Maybe drive around and run your hand along to see if you can determine where the squeak is coming from.
Does anyone have a picture of the windshield installation. Does it have 3 bolts?
What Wolfgang says x2. I do not think tightening any of the nuts under dash is a good idea. The windshields crack very easily. PITA and $$$$.
The CMC manuals in the Knowledge Base, address the windshields. As I recall.
3 yes - one at either end holding the end brackets and the center tensioning rod but it still just floats.
Awesome stuff. Many thanks.
Install / Reset your windshield. Discover why is the windshield " squeaky" ( frame or actual glass issue ?) You can easily reseat the windshield by first loosening the 7/16 nut at the base of the mirror rod, then alternating left to right loosen the 9/16 post bolt a half turn until both are loose. Visibly confirm that the glass is seated down into the base rubber slot. Then ...lightly … rock and push down ( I use a rubber mallet) on the top of the windshield frame. Begin by tightening the passenger post bolt until you just begin have tension then repeat on the driver's side. Go back to the passenger side and turn the bolt 1/2 turn repeat on the driver's side. Now being sure the mirror rod slot has captured and seated to the windshield frame, snug the mirror post 1- 1/2 turns past where it bottoms to the underside of the dash and.... Stop.... Go back to both windshield posts and tighten another 1/4 turn plus until you are comfortable with it and you can barely rock the windshield frame assembly, now go back and give the 7/16" mirror post bolt a turn plus until you feel there is just enough tension there. I've done this dozens of time and only broke one ( it had an existing edge chip)
Thank you for this Alan but please be aware that it reads to the uninitiated a little like John Coltrane advising you to "play all the notes supremely fast until you get the sheet of sound."
It "seemed fairly explanatory" to me. If you've ever seen Raising Arizona you'll get it.
Ok, let me be the first to say that 99% of the members on here will never use Alan’s well written fix, no matter that is a VERY credible set of instructions and will (and has) worked very well in the past.
The re-post of the CMC installation instructions is probably the most helpful thing on here (without all of the background info), because at least you can see what is involved, but just go to a NAPA store, buy an aerosol can of silicone lubricant and literally spray the living hell out of any glass-to-rubber or fiberglass-to-rubber intersection on your car and see if that helps it. If not, THEN pull everything apart, silicone re-lube it and re-seat, including the glass to base rubber gasket, using Alan’s great set if instructions. THAT should certainly cure it, but that approach is certainly more involved and NOT for the faint of mechanical heart.
Or, you could just turn up the volume on your radio!
Good luck.
Gordon has good suggestions but he cringes at the thought of a rubber mallet this time I'm going against the grain . Silicone is a mess and doesn't last IMHO a short cut is the long fork in the road to doing it twice. If doing what I suggested it shouldn't take a first timer 30 - 45 minutes Just my .02
I would submit Alan has installed more windshields than any one of us, but less than the manufacturers. The only guy close to his windshield count is Stroud, and since they keep breaking I'm not quite sure that's correct......
Anyway, listen to Alan here, he really does know what he's talking about.
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