Rattles and lithium grease

[Bob Miller]

Hello all,

 

I've posted previously on the forums here about two particularly annoying rattles I have in my 2017 Silverado Crew Cab.  One is the b pillar - which only comes and goes on warm mornings and early evenings.  We've got a really long thread going on this site with tons of posts regarding this.  Lots of good ideas and comments too.  hopefully we all find a solution to it, its annoying as hell.

 

The other is my passenger seat.  It makes a metallic sounding clicking /creaking /squeaking noise on bumps and on concrete roads where there are grooves in the pavement which causes the truck to vibrate slightly, rattling the seat.  I can make the noise stop by pushing on the seat towards the door (with some force), but it comes back instantly when I stop pushing.  Dealer was no help basically on that one.  I've tried bending brackets, messing with the metal bracket that moves the seat back and forth, etc..nothing stops the rattle.

 

So this past weekend I bought a can of white lithium grease (WD-40 brand) and sprayed the rails of the seat and the areas around the torx bolts that hold the seat down the body of the cab (I took off the trim on the side of the seat to get to the back right side bolt too).  I also stuck the needle of the can onto the hinges of the seat back (I didn't remove the seat cover or anything ).  All noises from the seat instantly went away after I did this.  I've been driving the truck all week and the seat was super quiet, not a single noise.

 

Until this morning .  Seat is totally rattling again. 

 

Now I think I'm on the right track so to speak with perhaps the seat metal to metal contact points needing lube.  But I'm just wondering if anyone on here thinks maybe a different kind of lube would work better, or if perhaps maybe I just need to go back over the areas I initially sprayed again?

 

Does anyone have experience using greases or lubes like this on what are basically static interior parts? 

 

I really don't want to end up getting rid of the truck over something like this, because overall I really like the truck.  But this stuff really drives me nuts!

 

 

[lerbud]

This is what I used on my 2016 leaf spring noise.  It stayed on there forever and got rid of the noise.  Maybe this would help:  https://www.amazon.com/Super-Lube-11016-Aerosols-Dri-Film/dp/B07DCDYM26

[Bob Miller]

2 hours ago, lerbud said:

This is what I used on my 2016 leaf spring noise.  It stayed on there forever and got rid of the noise.  Maybe this would help:  https://www.amazon.com/Super-Lube-11016-Aerosols-Dri-Film/dp/B07DCDYM26

Thanks for the tip on this I'll check it out.

 

I moved the seat around a bit and drove it around during lunch and it seemed quieter again.  I'm beginning to wonder now if I'm just so tuned into all these different noises that maybe I'm just hearing things now.