Annoying Steering Noise

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beene
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Post by beene »

On the excellent advice of my friend John "Highlander", I bought a can of SailKote and voila.... no more noise going on 4 weeks from one application now. Sprayed on like WD40 would, put died instantly requiring very little spray. I gave it 2 coats just for the heck of it.

It seemed like a very effective and simple solution to an annoying/embarrassing problem with the M, don't know about the X, so I thought it was worth passing on.

Cheers

G
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Post by mattabbe »

I have an 06M, purchased some grease, rubbed it on the steering pole and haven't had a problem going on a year.
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NiceAft
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Post by NiceAft »

I just ignore it. If anyone in my marina looks my way when hearing it, I just point to my stomach and say GAS :!: :o


Ray
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