Thread: squeaking door rubbers

I've found they only start squeaking in summer, after a good clean with armour all interior cleaner the problem goes away, till the next summer anyway.

Cheers,

As far as rubber protectant / lubricant goes, I've heard great things of a product called Gummi Pfledge. I'm sure it would go some of the way towards stopping squeaking.

Seems like the problem would be due to not only the rubber drying out, but also poor fit-up of the doors and sills. Luckily I haven't got the squeaks in mine yet!

I used gummi pflege and it took a week and a bit for the squeaks to come back. I had the same result with silicon spray. Now, I'm going to try door strikers without the plastic bit where the lock catches. This made a huge difference for the rattles in my Patrol. Can't wait for them to arrive at my doorstep.

When I detail customers Defenders, once the door seals have be cleaned, use as already mentioned, silicone spray BUT....

Ensure the silicone spray you use says it is safe to use on plastic and rubber, a LOT of them will actually say not for prolonged use on rubber or plastic.

I have always used the Treblex brand.
On a Defender, D2, D1 its great for using it on the dash too!

Regards
Daz

Most likely the door latch retainer has come loose or moved from the wieght of the door hanging off it,undo the two bolts and move it back into position and tighten. Pat

I suspected that the plastic sleeve on the striker assembly might contribute to any door movement and squeaks (the doors on the GQ Patrols start rattling badly when the plastic sleeve on the striker wears). Therefore, I decided to replace the strikers with the X-Eng door strikers from foundry4x4 on ebay as the are fully metal.
After driving around with them fitted, I have to say that it made a difference.

I thought that this could be of interest for other people: I've run the X-Eng strikers on the front doors for a month now on all sorts of roads and offroad and the squeaks have completely disappeared.