squeaky seat w/big camshaft
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Car: A Portly 85 Z28
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squeaky seat w/big camshaft
Anyone else have a passenger seat that makes noise at idle with a big cam? It just squeaks and squeaks as the engine lopes through it`s idle...anyone know where a shot of wd-40 would work best? I have plenty of stereo but rarely listen to it, but maybe I should start. I had a second gen camaro and it did the same thing, only difference was it ran on seven cyl`s
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turning up the music always fixes the problem, my 81 toyota pickup shakes like a bitch at idle and loud music sorta helps. hah just my two cents
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I would hit the seat tracks with WD-40 (or better) for starters. You might also hit the hinges where the seat folds forwards; spray lubricant in the hinge point and then fold the seat back and forth to work it in a bit. I don't have any experience with this issue, so hopefully someone will correct me if I'm wrong.
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Re: squeaky seat w/big camshaft
Originally posted by greezemonkey
Anyone else have a passenger seat that makes noise at idle with a big cam? It just squeaks and squeaks as the engine lopes through it`s idle...
Anyone else have a passenger seat that makes noise at idle with a big cam? It just squeaks and squeaks as the engine lopes through it`s idle...
This is a first :lala: Well I guess I don't have to worry about that with my LG4 
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All kinds of things squeek and rattle in my car 
Doesn't bother me much now a days, gotten used to it plus my exhaust covers a lot of it 
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From: Chicagoland
Car: 1983 Daytona Trans Am
Engine: LG4
Transmission: T5
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I drive my '83 every day and rigth now the interior is fully gutted. I hear tons of sqeeks, rattles, and 1 million other noises lol.
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Okay, looks like I`m pretty lucky to only have the one noise....I`ll try the lube on the hinge part but I`m thinking it`s coming from somewhere deeper in the seat than that.....also I`ll make sure to turn up the radio As far as the exhaust it`s plenty loud...... enough to drowned out most of the regular creaks and squeaks (true dual three inch flowmasters with a big block huffin thru it) it`s just this one squeak, is loud enough to hear over all it. Off to the garage now
As far as the exhaust it`s plenty loud...... enough to drowned out most of the regular creaks and squeaks (true dual three inch flowmasters with a big block huffin thru it) it`s just this one squeak, is loud enough to hear over all it. Off to the garage now 
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Re: squeaky seat w/big camshaft
Did you ever solve this? My passenger seat sounds like a Parrot with the amount it squeaks!!
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Re: squeaky seat w/big camshaft
using JB80 chain lube in the seat tracks works much better than WD40.
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Re: squeaky seat w/big camshaft
Lol your car lopes so hard the seat squeaks? I think thats pretty badass. Get some rubber to put under the rails of the seat maybe?
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Re: squeaky seat w/big camshaft
Anyone else have a passenger seat that makes noise at idle with a big cam? It just squeaks and squeaks as the engine lopes through it`s idle...anyone know where a shot of wd-40 would work best? I have plenty of stereo but rarely listen to it, but maybe I should start. I had a second gen camaro and it did the same thing, only difference was it ran on seven cyl`s
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Re: squeaky seat w/big camshaft
I kinda like a few squeaks because it reminds me of the the cars that the character Stuntman Mike drove in the movie Death Proof (2007). :evilsmile:
Love those cars. :P
Love those cars. :P
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