The latch handle for my top was rattling yesterday because it wasn't fully tightened during assembly, or worked it's way loose. If anyone else encounters this, it's a simple fix. I popped the plastic cap out of the center by carefully prying it up (down) with a jewler's screwdriver. The handle is held on with a 13mm locknut. I just snugged it up a bit and all is well now. If it works its way loose again, I'll put a bit of locktite on the threads (which probably should be there from the factory anyway).
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'06 #101409 - Sold to move to Germany
'08 GXP #105359 - Bought and stored 10 months before I move back from Germany!
Um, actually... this isn't a Japanese car, so that would be a ½" nut there buddy. I know because that's the socket I used to tighten mine on Sunday. Probably 24 hours later it had worked itself loose again, so it's going back to the dealership.
Um, actually
A 1/2" socket will work, too, but it will be a little sloppy. 14mm and 9/16" are REALLY close, by the way. If you have to really torque a 13mm nut with a 1/2" socket, you will round the corners if it isn't hardened. GM (and the other US manufacturers) started converting to metric fasteners in the early-mid 80's. The lug nuts are still standard threads (and use standard sockets), but pretty much every other fastener in a car (even American cars) is metric these days.
Working on an 80's era GM car is a pain in the rear, because you have to have two sets of tools to do it!
...buddy
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I've never met a Solstice I wouldn't autopsy.
'06 #101409 - Sold to move to Germany
'08 GXP #105359 - Bought and stored 10 months before I move back from Germany!
Pretty much all the bolts that hold something on the car are metric. Don't know exactly why - my guess is cheaper to purchase - and a lot of metric fasteners and SAE holes are very close.
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#637 - 10/28/05 - "The Redhead" - Agressive w/black leather - all packages - standard radio - added Zyoxx 18" black and red rims, rocker panel graphics, dual racing stripe, windscreen graphics, painted engine covers, painted calipers with graphics, stubby antenna, kappashield, chromies, chrome wire loom, kappa floor mats (sometimes diamond plate mats), kappa racing pedals, and splash guards. OVER 80,000 MILES!
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Vin# 5765 Ordered 10-17-05, Picked up 11-29-05
Envious/Ebony Leather/Everything but XM, ashtray and polished wheels. Traded on GXP 7460 miles
GXP Ordered 8-4-06 Picked up 12-11-06! $30,197 out the door
Mysterious/Darkside/Ebony Leather/everything but XM, ashtray and spoiler
Pick up mileage - 8
Current mileage - 19275
Alternator Replaced, Top "Tabs" Installed, Rear Main Seal Replaced
Location: Wilds of Canada, or the Pac NW, or the Upper Penninsula of MI...
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Originally Posted by Fortimir
I agree with measurement being best in metric...
...but as for temperature, Farenheit is superior to Celcius.
Just read the centigrade to the nearest half degree. Then it's pretty much as good as Farenheit, and you KNOW that 100 degrees is enough to cook pasta...
Zero is freezing, -20 is BRRR-F'n COLD, and -40 is the same in either scale. Why is Celsius better?
