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26-02-09, 10:53 PM
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squeaky boots
I love my smx-4 a-stars but they creak when I walk in them. One is owrse than the other. It seems to be where the plastic bit is on top of the actual foot. Anyone else get this? Is there a cure?
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26-02-09, 10:54 PM
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Re: squeaky boots
Easy wd40, spray in all joints, wipe away excess..... No more squeeks.
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26-02-09, 11:19 PM
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Re: squeaky boots
My sidi's do that. They're supposed to
 Doesn't really bother me, I don't walk much with bike boots |
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26-02-09, 11:27 PM
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Re: squeaky boots
Did they not give you a small bottle of Silicone with them ?
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26-02-09, 11:40 PM
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Re: squeaky boots
wd40!? on me astars?
Really? The noise doesnt actually bother me too much but drives the missuss mad when Im in and out the house... Nope got no silicone. /suspicious It..er...wont clean them or anything will it? |
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27-02-09, 08:22 AM
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Re: squeaky boots
Yup, wd40, all over them and wipe any excess off. Don't get it on the sole or toe area though!!
Did it to my a* and lilys sidis. Works a treat.
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27-02-09, 12:26 PM
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Re: squeaky boots
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27-02-09, 07:42 PM
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Re: squeaky boots
I'm done with clean. Grimy is the new black............
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27-02-09, 07:49 PM
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Re: squeaky boots
I definitely recommend the silicone. If you have an Arai helmet, you get a bottle of it in the box to use on the rubber seal around the visor (other makes may include a bottle too).
I have been known the lie on the floor of my shop whilst someone in squeaky boots walks back and forth past me - so I can work out where the noise is coming from a put a couple of drops of silicone on it  Jo |
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27-02-09, 07:49 PM
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Re: squeaky boots
Couldn't you just wear them in instead of spray wd40? Wouldn't the leather eventually supple up
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