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[Osprey]

Coming back up the motorway tonight at "70", enjoying the peace and quiet having replaced a moaning wheel bearing and had a minor exhaust blow welded when, suddenly, FAAART.

Just about jumped out of my skin!  Pulled over and could find nothing wrong under the bonnet, so continued and tried to pinpoint the cause of the noise. 

Eventually narrowed it down to the windscreen and, stopping under a street light, discovered that the rubber trim around the windscreen had popped out of its slot and was vibrating loudly against the screen. 

I thumped it back into place and all was silence for the rest of the journey.  Has this happened to anybody else or have I got a poulterguest?   

[tango]

have you ever had your windscreen replaced maybe not pushed in properly

[Osprey]

That makes sense - I haven't had the car long but it does have a very perfect windscreen, and there is a barcode sticker on it showing a recent date.  So perhaps the screen was replaced recently and the trim not pushed in properly. 

Anyway, it's all fine now.

 

[zvi]

It's complex to assemble the rubber windscreen you should make sure it's assemble well from the inside

[waspy]

I think MDTM had a similar problem after a screen replacemnet a while back.
A few years back my trim came loose too & i stuck mine back in with black Sika

[mh_trigger]

Coming back up the motorway tonight at "70", enjoying the peace and quiet having replaced a moaning wheel bearing and had a minor exhaust blow welded when, suddenly, FAAART.

Just about jumped out of my skin!  Pulled over and could find nothing wrong under the bonnet, so continued and tried to pinpoint the cause of the noise. 

Eventually narrowed it down to the windscreen and, stopping under a street light, discovered that the rubber trim around the windscreen had popped out of its slot and was vibrating loudly against the screen. 

I thumped it back into place and all was silence for the rest of the journey.  Has this happened to anybody else or have I got a poulterguest?   

Im sorry but did anybody else laugh

[PhilRich]

Coming back up the motorway tonight at "70", enjoying the peace and quiet having replaced a moaning wheel bearing and had a minor exhaust blow welded when, suddenly, FAAART.

Just about jumped out of my skin!  Pulled over and could find nothing wrong under the bonnet, so continued and tried to pinpoint the cause of the noise. 

Eventually narrowed it down to the windscreen and, stopping under a street light, discovered that the rubber trim around the windscreen had popped out of its slot and was vibrating loudly against the screen. 

I thumped it back into place and all was silence for the rest of the journey.  Has this happened to anybody else or have I got a poulterguest?   

Im sorry but did anybody else laugh

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Of course not!

















































































This was a grown up discussion of a serious topic!

[mh_trigger]

ill keep it to myself in the futur then

[Osprey]

Ah – I was searching for the correct technical term – was that not it?  The noise was like drifting over a rumble strip at speed (not that I’ve ever done that, you understand) only much louder.  And it just reminded me of a...

Well it was pretty loud anyway.   

And no need for zipping lips among friends!  It’s such a sin to keep it in, so if in doubt let it out!

[mh_trigger]

pardon me for being so rude it was not me it was my food,its just popped up to say hello and now its gone back down below!

good old grandad!

[Vamps]

I hate sudden noises when driving my car, any car, always makes me jump, 'what was that' and is usually Miss Vamps in the back doing something....