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Cricket Sounds in the Cabinets

August 21, 2015, 01:30:39 pm

Now that our coach is (mostly) loaded for full-timing, we have heard some new sounds.  While driving, some of the overhead cabinets produce sounds just like crickets chirping.

We can put up with the sounds — although we'd love a fully silent interior! — but we want to be sure this sound is not the result of an overloaded cabinet or something else we should be paying attention to?

And no, there are no crickets in the coach.  ;-))

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Re: Cricket Sounds in the Cabinets

Reply #1 – August 21, 2015, 01:54:39 pm

Are there "little brown felt dots" in good condition on all door corners.  They are to prevent wood to wood "creaking".

Get them at Walmart, etc.  Need about 100 to completely redo the coach.

FELT PADS 3/8IN. BRN - Walmart.com

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Re: Cricket Sounds in the Cabinets

Reply #2 – August 21, 2015, 02:53:33 pm

Our single slide creaks (cricket like) occasionally. I recently lubed the upper and lower locking pinholes in the slide.  Latex glove, plumbers silicone grease on the finger, wiped it around in the socket. So far it seems to be repelling the crickets.

Roger

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