AFT Struts, do you oil them ?

BongoBongo123 · Post by **BongoBongo123** » Mon Oct 27, 2014 6:30 pm

If so what type of oil is good, grease, WD40 (I suspect not) or normal 3 in 1.

Gasy · Post by **Gasy** » Mon Oct 27, 2014 7:50 pm

I give mine a spray with silicon grease
I do me zips aswell

clutha · Post by **clutha** » Mon Oct 27, 2014 7:56 pm

Gasy wrote:I give mine a spray with silicon grease
I do me zips aswell

Wot he said

BongoBongo123 · Post by **BongoBongo123** » Mon Oct 27, 2014 8:14 pm

I have normal silicon grease, the thick stuff from a can, any good ?

teenmal · Post by **teenmal** » Mon Oct 27, 2014 8:19 pm

It is not recommended to grease/oil ,simply polish the chrome ram, they are self lubricating and you can Knacker them with grease or oil etc.

francophile1947 · Post by **francophile1947** » Mon Oct 27, 2014 9:29 pm

teenmal wrote:It is not recommended to grease/oil ,simply polish the chrome ram, they are self lubricating and you can Knacker them with grease or oil etc.

Agreed - I just used furniture polish like Pledge.

BongoBongo123 · Post by **BongoBongo123** » Thu Oct 30, 2014 5:02 pm

Hmm.. a disagreement there then.

francophile1947 · Post by **francophile1947** » Thu Oct 30, 2014 9:23 pm

BongoBongo123 wrote:Hmm.. a disagreement there then.

Not really

Silicone grease is not petroleum based and will therefore not affect the rubber seals.
Just don't used petroleum based grease/oil.

bongobaz · Post by **bongobaz** » Thu Oct 30, 2014 10:10 pm

I sprayed mine and they became useless and dangerous and had to be replaced £45 the pair

Post by **g8dhe** » Thu Oct 30, 2014 10:19 pm

Ours squeak and shudder at times. In the past I have tried oil, silicon spray and others none seemed to last for more than a few operations. However in the past year I have taken to noticing that when we are on a perfectly flat standing there is never a problem, it only starts to squeak and shudder when we are slightly angled in any direction, the roof then starts by giving a shudder and the squeaking starts. I've come to the conclusion that its when the roof is at any angle the roof will shudder and start to stress the struts which causes the squealing. The only other time it doesn't squeal is if its at all wet, again the roof seems to come down nicely then.

teenmal · Post by **teenmal** » Fri Oct 31, 2014 11:00 am

bongobaz wrote:I sprayed mine and they became useless and dangerous and had to be replaced £45 the pair

Exactly that is what will happen if they are oiled or greased, ONE of the enemies of this type of strut is oil grease and GRIT.

Best to POLISH them (THEY are SELF LUBRICATING)and not to leave them tacky for the GRIT to form.

If you need confirmation of this contact the Manufacturer.

Good Luck.

BongoBongo123 · Post by **BongoBongo123** » Fri Oct 31, 2014 4:26 pm

Did Mazda say use some Mr. Sheen as per operation manual ?

Only joking.. know what I am just going to leave them they are doing what they are supposed to.

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