Friday, December 30, 2022

Lubricant for door strap/restraint ("retainer")

As long as I have owned Mercedes vehicles, I have been perplexed about what lube works best for the metal door restraint strap. Use of the "wrong" lubricant seems to lead to ghostly sounds and 'stepped-on-the-cat's-tail-like' complaints from this region. What do others use to lube the "retainer", as it is referred to in my W123 workshop manual. That manual recommends "SHELL RETINAX G", whatever that is - something out of the Peter Sellers, Dr. Strangelove movie perhaps? Has anyone actually... Lubricant for door strap/restraint ("retainer")
As long as I have owned Mercedes vehicles, I have been perplexed about what lube works best for the metal door restraint strap. Use of the "wrong" lubricant seems to lead to ghostly sounds and 'stepped-on-the-cat's-tail-like' complaints from this region.

What do others use to lube the "retainer", as it is referred to in my W123 workshop manual. That manual recommends "SHELL RETINAX G", whatever that is - something out of the Peter Sellers, Dr. Strangelove movie perhaps? Has anyone actually...

Lubricant for door strap/restraint ("retainer")

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