Boot Struts Sqeak

Biggus_Dickus

OP

You appear to have a dizzying array of choices:...Silicone grease,...Talcum powder,...WD40,...GT85,... Silicone spray,...Pencil lead/graphite,... Mr Sheen or similar brands.

I’m warming to the Talcum powder option,...talc certainly is a good lubricant and if nothing else it’ll leave your hands feeling lovely and soft.

Another option of course,...hedge your bets and put up with the squeakiness. 

 

 

 

oldagetraveller1

Set up a mousetrap baited with WD40?

The_Big_Bamboo

oldagetraveller1 said:

Set up a mousetrap baited with WD40?

That's the cheesiest suggestion yet.

SteveABZ_2

I echo the WD40 best product ever made opinion. My wife's car developed an intermittent check engine / limp mode problem. First garage couldn't work out what was wrong. Second garage said it needed a new turbo plus sensors at a cost of nearly £2k.
Noticing that the issue only occurred after it had been raining, I emptied an entire can of the magical potion over the engine, paying particular attention to all the electrical components and connections.
Six months later, the fault still hasn't reappeared. So saved a fair bit haha.

Mutton_Geoff

The best, and cheapest, penetrating oil is regular diesel. WD40 useful for wiping down tools after use and one or two other jobs but Plus Gas, 3 in 1 etc essential to have on the shelf.

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SteveABZ_2 said:

I echo the WD40 best product ever made opinion. My wife's car developed an intermittent check engine / limp mode problem. First garage couldn't work out what was wrong. Second garage said it needed a new turbo plus sensors at a cost of nearly £2k.
Noticing that the issue only occurred after it had been raining, I emptied an entire can of the magical potion over the engine, paying particular attention to all the electrical components and connections.
Six months later, the fault still hasn't reappeared. So saved a fair bit haha.

You actually used it for its designed purpose though! (After 39 goes at making a water displacer, you'd kind of expect the 40th version of it to displace damp from electrics )

The problems come when people use it for something else, like a penetrating oil. As Mutton_Geoff says, diesel is really good as a penetrating oil, but it smells.