I hear crickets

MikeT · Unread post by **MikeT** » 13 Aug 2010, 10:48

Or that's what I first thought until I realised they must be nesting in the front O/S wing if they are crickets.

It's obviously something to do with the front wheels as I can shut them up by turning the steering as if taking up the slack, if that makes sense?

There were a lot of what I'd call exaggerated/superfluous advisories on my last MOT but none of them referred to steering parts (except the steering wheel top bush) so what could be worn to allow this chirping cricket noise?

andmcit · Unread post by **andmcit** » 13 Aug 2010, 11:07

Wheel bolts loosening off!?

Or strut top failing? God, I'm Job's comforter aren't I?

Andrew

Xaccers · Unread post by **Xaccers** » 13 Aug 2010, 12:07

Have you tried gently applying your handbrake to see if that silences it?

demag · Unread post by **demag** » 13 Aug 2010, 12:15

Balljoints that are starting to dry out will creak. Try squirting some Wd40 under the rubbers.

MikeT · Unread post by **MikeT** » 13 Aug 2010, 12:24

andmcit wrote:Wheel bolts loosening off!?

Erm, yes, that is a possibility actually, Andrew! Why didn't I think of it?

andmcit wrote:Or strut top failing? God, I'm Job's comforter aren't I?

I daren't look, prefer to do an Emu and bury my head on that one! Perhaps I could take a wee peek but to be honest, I'm not sure how to gauge it specifically.

Xac wrote:Have you tried gently applying your handbrake to see if that silences it?

I will do so next chance I get, thanks xac.

demag wrote:Balljoints that are starting to dry out will creak. Try squirting some Wd40 under the rubbers.

I did get the impression something had dried out so I'll try that trick also.

Thanks all.

Unread post by **myglaren** » 13 Aug 2010, 15:38

May be just crickets - do you keep lizards or tarantulas?

MikeT · Unread post by **MikeT** » 13 Aug 2010, 16:41

myglaren wrote:May be just crickets - do you keep lizards or tarantulas?

If so, I'm tempted to leave them be as they sound very chirpy when being taken for a ride.

Xaccers · Unread post by **Xaccers** » 13 Aug 2010, 16:50

myglaren wrote:May be just crickets - do you keep lizards or tarantulas?

Two managers where I worked in Staines used to always play practical jokes on each other, such as leaving skimpy knickers in the glove box for the other's partner to find!
For revenge, he bought a load of reptile food crickets and released them in the panty planter's car.
They made home in the air vents and he never got rid of them.

andmcit · Unread post by **andmcit** » 13 Aug 2010, 16:59

It wasn't a red Xantia by any chance Xac?

Unread post by **myglaren** » 13 Aug 2010, 16:59

I dropped a box of them in our lounge - too weeks to get rid of the little buggers.

The escaped 50+ mice were another story entirely

Xaccers · Unread post by **Xaccers** » 13 Aug 2010, 17:19

andmcit wrote:It wasn't a red Xantia by any chance Xac?

Blue 406 actually

citronut · Unread post by **citronut** » 13 Aug 2010, 20:28

Mike if when lubbing dont us the W stuff it dries things out and dose not lubricate, oribl stuff,

when i first started in the garage trade it was Henleys then Caffyns Folkestone, when delivery girls used to drop of deliverys, we would sneek out and put pebbles in there hub caps, BMC/F**D vans with the bash on hub caps, those were the days

regards malcolm

demag · Unread post by **demag** » 13 Aug 2010, 23:41

Malcolm I always thought you were such a nice bloke as well!

citronut · Unread post by **citronut** » 14 Aug 2010, 08:07

sorry to put a dampper on your chose of lub demag, i hope your not a registerd member of the W stuff fan club on the internet

regards malcolm

addo · Unread post by **addo** » 14 Aug 2010, 09:56

Good for stiff house door locks, and power tool locking levers.

A main use I find for it, is cleaning my hands "in the field" with a half-decent scrap of rag to assist.

One product that doesn't get enough rap is Paslode/ITW nail gun cleaning spray. It's like carb cleaner but doesn't eat plastic connectors the same way.