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> front trunk grommets, how to soften them?
Trekkor
post Oct 5 2005, 07:14 PM
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Mine are hard and brittle, difficult to install or remove.

Is there a chemical or treatment that will soften them up again?

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post Oct 5 2005, 09:28 PM
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23 views and nothing (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/confused24.gif)

Just make up something (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/lol2.gif)

I might boil one...with a little olive oil. (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/chowtime.gif)


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post Oct 5 2005, 09:38 PM
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(IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/happy11.gif) OK, this is from left field but why not try that crap that is supposed to be good for the top....since it doesn't seem to do shit to the top, maybe it's secretly a rubber softener.... (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/happy11.gif) there....do you feel better now......
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post Oct 5 2005, 10:00 PM
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Trekkor,
If you just remove all of them the car will be lighter, right?

Not to mention more air to the cooler! (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/wink.gif)
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post Oct 5 2005, 10:21 PM
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Here's what not to do...

Olive oil in the microwave.
The thing burst into flames (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/headbang.gif)

Smells like someone did a burnout in my kitchen (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/burnout.gif)

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post Oct 5 2005, 10:25 PM
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Can't tell from the picture which grommets you're talking about. (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/confused24.gif)

Rubber softens if you rub glycerin on it - $.99 at Walgreens.
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post Oct 5 2005, 10:26 PM
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As Thomas would say "Holy Crapper!" I thought you were kidding about the olive oil!
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post Oct 5 2005, 10:32 PM
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the TUB grommets? up front? for an oil cooler passage?
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post Oct 5 2005, 10:42 PM
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post Oct 5 2005, 10:59 PM
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QUOTE (mikey @ Oct 5 2005, 08:25 PM)
Rubber softens if you rub glycerin on it - $.99 at Walgreens.

what about corn husker's oil? it's pure glycerin i think. my wife used it during college in her vertebrate morphology class to keep her hands from drying out from all the formaldehyde in the little dead kitty specimens. gross, i know, but apparently it works.

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post Oct 5 2005, 11:08 PM
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Neatsfoot oil works for leather, maybe it'll work on plastic/rubber? (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/confused24.gif)

Don't ask what it's made of or what a "neat" is. (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/barf.gif)
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not very long term, but how about just some heat??

Set them out in the sun (or in the oven) when you go to put them in, and hit them w/ a heat gun on the way out.

Cant be any worse than the microwave (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/clap.gif)
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post Oct 6 2005, 12:34 AM
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let them soak in some un-used motor oil for a while.

Plastics and rubbers get dry and brittle when the plasticizers in them oxidize and evacuate from the material. When you soak rubber in motor oil it swells and softens. If you soak them in solvent/degreaser expect them to swell and when the solvent evaporates they will again be brittle.
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post Oct 6 2005, 04:28 AM
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Get some silicone spray, in an aerosol can, spray them, then let them soak. After soaking, you can also clean them. They were much more pliable when I reinstalled them. This is the same stuff people use when they are installing the rubber seals. I carefully installed mine from the front and used either a popsicle stick or a very small screwdriver to get the lip seated.
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post Oct 6 2005, 06:47 AM
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QUOTE (trekkor @ Oct 5 2005, 08:21 PM)
Here's what not to do...

Olive oil in the microwave.
The thing burst into flames (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/headbang.gif)

Smells like someone did a burnout in my kitchen (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/burnout.gif)

KT

Man, that grommet is screwed. Wouldn't have happened if you had used Extra Virgin Olive Oil! (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/laugh.gif) (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/laugh.gif) (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/laugh.gif)
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post Oct 6 2005, 10:11 AM
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Try some Vaseline.
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