Weatherstrip conditioner for GMC 4×4 Sierra???
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spraded bread cleaner Reminds me of my 6th grade teacher, Mrs Wheeler. She was a clean freak and rinsed everything she ate under the faucet. Even sandwiches! Still not sure I got the gist of that post.
– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> I’ve got a 2000 GMC 4×4 pickup. It’s a 4 door model… a real nice > truck. > When driving on a WINDY day, we get a lot of wind noise around the top > of the door (both driver and rider side…. but primarily the rider > side). The leak is above the main doors…. noit the rear doors. > Also, the leakage is not around the window itself… but it’s coming > through the top of the door where it seals against the cab (the rubber > itself is mounted on the cab itself and seals against the door when > the door is closed). > The rubber seal is soft, and is in good condition. It’s not cracked > or anything like that. I’m sure if I had some type of ‘conditioner’ > to apply to the rubber… it would stick to the door better and create > a better seal. > I stopped at ‘Oriely’s’ (car parts store) and asked if they had > anything. They didn’t. > Is there some common ‘over the counter’ product that anyone out there > has had luck with? One of my frinds smeared dielectric grease on the > weatherstip…. said it wouldn’t attract the dust and dirt. I was > going to try a thin coating of vaseline, but wanted to see if anyone > else had tried it first. > gm makes a product for this need to go to a gm dealer to get the the > dielectric have us on spark plug bots to help not to stick to pluss but it > will not penitrat ruber to help it could desolvs it a per workin in my > department spraded bread cleaner in a plastic top on a dip stick to remove > grease he removed plsastic top on dip stick. warch what you mix. rember > high school chemisty teacher saying likes desolve likes. thing made from oil > product like breadcleaner desolive plasicic mand from oil roducts. like > porin gasoline in a stiroform cup > Any ideas would be helpful…. > Thanks…… Mayor Mac
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"Mayor Mac" wrote > The rubber seal is soft, and is in good condition. It’s not cracked > or anything like that. I’m sure if I had some type of ‘conditioner’ > to apply to the rubber… it would stick to the door better and create > a better seal.
GM has a product that we use at the dealership for this very purpose called Silicone Emulsion. I don’t know the part number off the top of my head, but you should be able to pick it up at any dealer. It comes in a small bottle with a little applicator that you can use to spread it on any weather stripping. Ian
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Vaseline is an absolute NO-NO,this is a petroleum jelly, and that stuff dont work with rubber. If the rubber is soft you need to adjust the door then,and if you really want to do something spray silicone on it.
and is in good condition. It’s not cracked – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> Is there some common ‘over the counter’ product that anyone out there > has had luck with? > going to try a thin coating of vaseline,
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I’ve used WD -40 for years to treat rubber seals.ball joint boots, diaphram on the cruise control unit, rubber rings used as exhaust hangers even the rubber boots on my CV joints which are 11 years old. Perhaps your door may not be sealing tight enough. Try pulling in on your window frame while driving, if the air noise decreases think about having the door re-aligned. Harryface 1. 1973 Chevy Impala 4 door, 1980 – 83 2. 1968 Buick LeSabre Convertible, 1983-86 3. 1978 Olds Holiday 88, 1986 -91 4. 1991 Pontiac Bonneville LE, 1991 to ? ? 5. 1989 Chevy Cavalier Z- 24 Convertible, 1996 to 2000
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Waterless hand cleaner makes a great rubber dressing, I agree that an alignment problem could exist
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– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> I’ve got a 2000 GMC 4×4 pickup. It’s a 4 door model… a real nice > truck. > When driving on a WINDY day, we get a lot of wind noise around the top > of the door (both driver and rider side…. but primarily the rider > side). The leak is above the main doors…. noit the rear doors. > Also, the leakage is not around the window itself… but it’s coming > through the top of the door where it seals against the cab (the rubber > itself is mounted on the cab itself and seals against the door when > the door is closed). > The rubber seal is soft, and is in good condition. It’s not cracked > or anything like that. I’m sure if I had some type of ‘conditioner’ > to apply to the rubber… it would stick to the door better and create > a better seal. > I stopped at ‘Oriely’s’ (car parts store) and asked if they had > anything. They didn’t. > Is there some common ‘over the counter’ product that anyone out there > has had luck with? One of my frinds smeared dielectric grease on the > weatherstip…. said it wouldn’t attract the dust and dirt. I was > going to try a thin coating of vaseline, but wanted to see if anyone > else had tried it first. > gm makes a product for this need to go to a gm dealer to get the the
dielectric have us on spark plug bots to help not to stick to pluss but it will not penitrat ruber to help it could desolvs it a per workin in my department spraded bread cleaner in a plastic top on a dip stick to remove grease he removed plsastic top on dip stick. warch what you mix. rember high school chemisty teacher saying likes desolve likes. thing made from oil product like breadcleaner desolive plasicic mand from oil roducts. like porin gasoline in a stiroform cup – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> Any ideas would be helpful…. > Thanks…… Mayor Mac
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I’ve got a 2000 GMC 4×4 pickup. It’s a 4 door model… a real nice truck. When driving on a WINDY day, we get a lot of wind noise around the top of the door (both driver and rider side…. but primarily the rider side). The leak is above the main doors…. noit the rear doors. Also, the leakage is not around the window itself… but it’s coming through the top of the door where it seals against the cab (the rubber itself is mounted on the cab itself and seals against the door when the door is closed). The rubber seal is soft, and is in good condition. It’s not cracked or anything like that. I’m sure if I had some type of ‘conditioner’ to apply to the rubber… it would stick to the door better and create a better seal. I stopped at ‘Oriely’s’ (car parts store) and asked if they had anything. They didn’t. Is there some common ‘over the counter’ product that anyone out there has had luck with? One of my frinds smeared dielectric grease on the weatherstip…. said it wouldn’t attract the dust and dirt. I was going to try a thin coating of vaseline, but wanted to see if anyone else had tried it first. Any ideas would be helpful…. Thanks…… Mayor Mac
