Roof maintenance

[PaulH]

My roof is working fine and goes up and down without problem but it occurs to me that it might be good to do a bit of preventative maintenance - like lubricating the moving parts. Does anyone have any experience of this - like what to lubricate, and what the best oils/greases are. I could just go down the WD40 route, but suspect some of the parts may benefit from something more sophisticated.

I live in horror of getting stuck somewhere with the roof jammed up.

PaulH

[Bin Bongoed]

Somebody recommended silicone spray for the struts, which has worked fine on mine (it was juddering when operated).

[the smoker]

furniture polish is silicon based. and smells good to. just us light oil that will stop the judder.

[haydn callow]

Clean off all the old muck with white spirit......then use white lithium spray grease (Halfords) this is less likely to stail the canvas if you get any on.

[dobby]

Has anyone successfully removed the black marks that the lifting mechanism causes on the AFT tent fabric?

[wormey]

Has anyone successfully removed the black marks that the lifting mechanism causes on the AFT tent fabric?

I found wet wipes removed alot of the mess from the material.

[Andyf]

Baby wipes did it for me! I don't know what we did before we had a kid, we use these things for everything!!

[the smoker]

sounds daft but Wd 40 does a good job so does pledge polish..

[dobby]

Thanks all, I'll give it a try this weekend

[LoopyLoo]

I need to do ours too, it goes up ok but is a bit creaky coming down.
Do I just raise the roof up and wipe over the struts with a cloth with polish/spray stuff on it?
Feel a bit daft asking tbh!

[mister munkey]

I think this came up last year, someone said WD40 isn't such a good idea as it tends to damage the seals on the rams after a while . . . . .

I use this stuff on the rams & runners.



Works a treat!

[Barrington]

Used this stuff as advised by MR M works a treat never looked back

I think this came up last year, someone said WD40 isn't such a good idea as it tends to damage the seals on the rams after a while . . . . .

I use this stuff on the rams & runners.



Works a treat!