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YOUR RESEARCHConvertible / soft top lubrication
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Aerosol Lithium grease to lubricate but don't get it on the fabric.
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Would be interested in a step by step guide to lubricating the mechanism if any one has one ðŸ‘
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The roof is a complex mechanism and horribly expensive to fix, I suggest using the correct lubricants as per the service guide.
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Hi guys
My top is squeaking a bit so I tried searching for a soft top maintenance thread, I'm sure there is one but I find this forums search system a bit "special" at best. I found some info on another forum but I wont link it here. Anyhow the servicing appears to require 3 lubricants: -
Osixo Anti squeak 557 i(a fluorinated lubricant) Which is the same as Krytox 105 I believe.
Krytox GPL 205 (High performance grease).
Castrol Optitemp LG 2 (fully synthetic lithium grease on a polyalphaolefin base).
It took me a while to find a decent supplier of Krytox other than the tiny tins on ebay/amazon for computer keyboards but then I found GBR Technology Ltd, they stock Krytox and at a very reasonable price, usually they only sell to trade but are willing to take orders over the telephone which was a really fast and polite service (they don't have a webshop).
ML Performance do the Castrol Optitemp LG 2
Hope that helps someone.
I could link the guys PDF but that's unfair and plagiarism so i'll just
link his post
which includes a PDF, it's for a 997 but can't be much different.
I used to think my roof rattled and squeaked a lot until I refreshed my suspension and the car is now almost squeak, rattle and knock free...
Aerosol Lithium grease to lubricate but don't get it on the fabric.
Resurrecting this thread.
I downloaded the same renlist guide for my new 997.2 S convertible and next week l plan to do the roof lubrication service.
Here are links to the three necessary items. The roof is a complex mechanism and horribly expensive to fix, I suggest using the correct lubricants as per the service guide. I could only find 1kg of the castol but it isn't expensive.
Castrol Optitemp LG 2
Krytox GPL 205 G2
Krytox GPL 105
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