doors keep freezing

[89supra884]

Well I am in illinois, and it is that horrible time of the year where it decides to get down to the negative degree temperatures and snow. A few weeks ago I took both door panles off and sprayed everything in there with polylube. But the doors still freeze. Its not along the seals, its when i go to pull te handle it wants to barley move. There has been a few times i have usd the blow drier to unfreeze them. Is there anything special I should to to prevent this?

Thankyou

Billy

 

[bioskyline]

the linkages themselfs are freezing or just the hinge on the handle? best bet i can sujest is using grease from a grease gun rather than a spray can lube. being thicker it should resist frezzing

 

[super.secret.supra.club]

wow. sometimes i forget about how bad weather get elsewhere. it was 86 degrees here in SD

 

[enjoyer]

Usual thing here. Ewery now and then i have the same problem. There are a lot of antifrost fabrics. Usualy it happens when the temp gets on the plus side and everything starts melting and in the evening it drops below zero again. You can't avoid that. I either just live with that or, if i have it at that time, leave it in the warm place until everything melts and dries. No problem then.

 

[Dirgle]

wow. sometimes i forget about how bad weather get elsewhere. it was 86 degrees here in SD

Yeah and I was miserable. I'm more of a cool weather person. I have a hell of a time sleeping when it gets that warm, and I can't justify the AC in the middle of December. But the weather is nice from a working on Supra stand point.

 

[super.secret.supra.club]

or just plain 'ol driving it

 

[airhead04]

I use liquid wrench on mine. Hasnt froze up yet. Im here in ohio, its been getting down to the single digits. So might give that a try? Reapply the liquid wrench like once a week and you should be good.

 

[Poodles]

The lock or the inside of the door? If it's the inside of the door, the window might not be pressing against the bottom seal well enough, allowing runoff into the door.

 

[KMinAF]

The other issue with cold snowy weather is when the glass freezes to the weather seal. I often have to leave the window down slightly so I can open the door in the mornings.

 

[boostcraver]

The other issue with cold snowy weather is when the glass freezes to the weather seal. I often have to leave the window down slightly so I can open the door in the mornings.

I usually use a little wd-40 on a rag and thoroughly wipe all the rubber with it. As for the locks, Autozone and other auto parts stores in your area should carry a lock de-icer which is basically alcohol in an aerosol can. Frees those stuck lock cylinders right up. Or you could just move somewhere warmer...

 

[Poodles]

Don't use WD-40 on weatherstripping, use silicone lubricant. WD-40 is more solvent than it is lubricant...

Man, I have some fun storys about the ice storms we get here. Had a major ice storm + high winds, entire driver's side of my truck was covered in 1/4-1/2 of ice so I had to crawl in the passenger side. Even more fun was I couldn't lock the driver's side hub for the 4wd as it was covered in ice. Truck didn't even want to move as it was frozen to the ground. That was one fun drive while I rode the brakes to get heat into the wheels to unfreeze the hub so I could lock them.

 

[boostcraver]

Don't use WD-40 on weatherstripping, use silicone lubricant. WD-40 is more solvent than it is lubricant...

I did not know that. New wrinkle in the brain for me

 

[MikesFixedRoof]

Sucks. On my car, it's the actual key cylinders that freeze and i can't turn the key. Bent one key pretty bad one morning last week cuz I was late for work :/ . Almost any kind of spray lube/ penetrant frees it up, but it doesn't last forever.

 

[spikesnstuff0905]

Well I am in illinois, and it is that horrible time of the year where it decides to get down to the negative degree temperatures and snow. A few weeks ago I took both door panles off and sprayed everything in there with polylube. But the doors still freeze. Its not along the seals, its when i go to pull te handle it wants to barley move. There has been a few times i have usd the blow drier to unfreeze them. Is there anything special I should to to prevent this?

Thankyou

Billy

Boil your car.

 

[Poodles]

For locks, I remember people up north having little rubber covers that stuck over the lock to keep out the water. Ugly, but effective. In this day and age though they make nice battery powered lock deicers.

Probably a bad time to do it (who wants do work on their car when it's freezing outside?), but removing and disassembling the lock to clean it and re-lubricate it helps. Seem to remember a writeup somewhere...

 

[te72]

Happened to me for the first time this morning... fun times. Well, not really. Couldn't turn the key in the passenger door and could *barely* turn it in the driver door. Needless to say, I miss AZ this time of year.