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Old 04-22-2011, 11:57 AM
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Major Vibrations when opening sun roof

So its easter friday.. Happy Easter everyone by the way. I figured since i have the day off ill try to fix anything i can on my car. Fix a few flaws here and there. ONe of the things that bothers me is when i open my sun roof certain parts as its opening vibrates like hell. When i close it, no sound. I tried lubricating the rails but it made it worse . Tried wiping any dust stuff like that. Any other ideas about what i can do.
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what type of grease did you use?
I used white lithium grease and it worked like a champ.
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^ I used Silicon Lubricant. Same stuff ive used to lubricate my clutch sometimes too.
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Wrong grease.
Get something thicker and longer lasting as Jedi said.

I'm going to be a good padawan soon lol
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Alright thanks guys
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Went to canadian tire a few minutes ago to pick up the white litium grease. And for the most part it worked but still vibrates a bit !!!!! Ive seen rx8s that make NO NOISE when they open the sunroof. I literally kept pressing the nozzle for a good 5 seconds so i put quite a bit lol. Hopefully over time the vibrations stop
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Change the rails!
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^ Yes, there's a TSB for "squeaky sunroof":
http://www.finishlineperformance.com...29-06-1651.pdf

I had the same problem; worked like a charm.

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