JHZR2
Staff member
My wife's 08 Rabbit has started squeaking at the hinge. Other than my Mercedes cars that have a port for grease/oil, Ive never paid much attention to servicing hinges.
From the factory the arrestor, which has three small rollers, was greased with a metallic grey-black looking grease. Apparently it is this arrestor and these rollers that should be greased.
My plan was to spray the rollers with WD-40 to flush them a bit, then hit them with my zoom spout oiler to work some oil into the moving parts (internal), and then put some grease on the arrestor rolers' exterior, like I observed from the factory.
This is a wash area, so I was thinking of perhaps an Aluminum grease.
The OE grease wasnt black, it was more black-grey, kind of the color and sheen of graphite in a pencil. I wonder if it is moly grease or even a graphite grease? Any ideas?
Im not keen on and dont have any white lithium, nor am I planning on buying any.
Here is an image I found online of what the hinge rollers look like. Fortunately ours are in far better shape, just dry...
From the factory the arrestor, which has three small rollers, was greased with a metallic grey-black looking grease. Apparently it is this arrestor and these rollers that should be greased.
My plan was to spray the rollers with WD-40 to flush them a bit, then hit them with my zoom spout oiler to work some oil into the moving parts (internal), and then put some grease on the arrestor rolers' exterior, like I observed from the factory.
This is a wash area, so I was thinking of perhaps an Aluminum grease.
The OE grease wasnt black, it was more black-grey, kind of the color and sheen of graphite in a pencil. I wonder if it is moly grease or even a graphite grease? Any ideas?
Im not keen on and dont have any white lithium, nor am I planning on buying any.
Here is an image I found online of what the hinge rollers look like. Fortunately ours are in far better shape, just dry...
