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Old Mar 26, 2020 | 06:23 PM
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88 gta best spay lube

I am about to take my doors off and spray oil in the window channel or anything else window
what do you guys use
I have wd40 but I thought anything else or advice
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Old Mar 27, 2020 | 12:53 AM
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Re: 88 gta best spay lube

WD40 is not a lubricant. Memorize that statement.

Adding more lube is ignoring the larger issue. The usual problem is the factory grease in the window tracks has petrified into a concrete-like solid. Step 1 should be cleaning the old nasty grease out of the tracks. Step 2 is to grease the tracks with something that actually lubricates. Grease is a good choice. Something compatible with the plastic guide rollers wood be good.

If you just gotta spray something, you might try white lithium grease, or Superlube.

WD40 might be decent at softening the old grease so it can be cleaned off the tracks, it's just a **** lubricant.
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Old Mar 27, 2020 | 01:36 PM
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Re: 88 gta best spay lube

Originally Posted by Drew
WD40 is not a lubricant. Memorize that statement.

Adding more lube is ignoring the larger issue. The usual problem is the factory grease in the window tracks has petrified into a concrete-like solid. Step 1 should be cleaning the old nasty grease out of the tracks. Step 2 is to grease the tracks with something that actually lubricates. Grease is a good choice. Something compatible with the plastic guide rollers wood be good.

If you just gotta spray something, you might try white lithium grease, or Superlube.

WD40 might be decent at softening the old grease so it can be cleaned off the tracks, it's just a **** lubricant.
W = Water
D = Displacement
40 - The amount of times until they got it right.

It is a penetrate spray not a lube. I have used garage door track lube n the past though.
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