Convertible / soft top lubrication

[Thunderace]

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.

 

[grbspeedster]

Would be interested in a step by step guide to lubricating the mechanism if any one has one 👍

 

[Thunderace]

Would be interested in a step by step guide to lubricating the mechanism if any one has one 👍

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.

 

[tempers]

Potential life saver - the rattles on my hard top and soft top are infuriating!

 

[½cwt]

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.

 

[Thunderace]

Aerosol Lithium grease to lubricate but don't get it on the fabric.

Each to their own of course but Krytox (105/205 GPL) is very expensive for a reason and most of the maintenance points shouldn't be greased.