Random questions to which you seek an answer
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Anyone ever had a boot that the sole squeaks? My Viberg boot squeaks and it drives me crazy. I don't think it is the insole because I glued it in with spray adhesive and pulled it back out and put some powder in there and tried it for a week, then glued it back in.
I don't think it is the rubber sole where it contacts the ground either because I tried WD-40 and Aerokroil, plastic cleaner, etc.
It must be the plies of leather in the sole…
I wrote to them over a year ago and they said, "just keep wearing it and it will go away eventually." It really pisses me off.
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That's crazy, I had a pair of Vibergs that developed a squeak after a year or two of solid use. Drove me insane and I ended up donating them to good will or some equivalent.
To be fair there were attempts at fixing before donating but the end result was giving them away…
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Next I am thinking about drilling into the inside sole with a fine drill bit and injecting a small about of boot oil in there.
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@Filthy:
Next I am thinking about drilling into the inside sole with a fine drill bit and injecting a small about of boot oil in there.
I like this idea @Filthy . I suppose the most likely offending spot ought to be where the sole flexes right? Where the ball of the foot falls. Please share pics and your results.
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@Steffen I'll do it.
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@Filthy:
Next I am thinking about drilling into the inside sole with a fine drill bit and injecting a small about of boot oil in there.
I like this idea @Filthy . I suppose the most likely offending spot ought to be where the sole flexes right? Where the ball of the foot falls. Please share pics and your results.
I ordered some of these so I can try it.
Edit: to answer your question, it seems like the squeak is located here:
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Great sleuth work @Filthy . I look forward to your results.
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Mike, i had a pair of lizard boots that were so LOUD i was asked to not wear them to work. I did everything including sending them back to Luchesse for warranty work to no avail. Ended up selling them. In my case. I think it was either the stitching. Which was redone by Luchesse or nails that were the culprit, tho im not a cobbler.
Feel yer pain. Hopefully the botox injections will fix it for you. Else the Vibergs will have added plumpness. Lol.
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Yeah, was thinking it could be a nail too. I might oil the inside sole and drill next to the nail in that spot and see what happens. I have a friend in TSA and I might see if see would take a pic of the xray and text it to me so I can see exactly where all the nails are….
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Has anyone repurposed older, worn-in jeans (or crunchy new new) for cycling or heavy-duty hiking/higher exertion activities? Anyone done that with either 21oz or something lighter like the 14oz denim? I commute a lot by bike and used to do so in some IH-301S, but then had to peel those damn things off by EOD. Mighta had to do a lot with the fact that they were skin tight lol
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I basically live in my newest pair and do almost everything in them. But like swimming and bathing, and I can't wear them at work unless I want to wear them under FR coveralls (and die of heat exhaustion from the waist down)
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Is there any harm in climbing under my truck and finding places like this and cleaning them off with like a brass brush and applying some Naval Jelly? My last truck was swiss cheese from rust after 10 years… like almost completely rotted away.
I just gave my truck a good wash and it feels good to know that winter seems to be over.
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I was wondering why the tag feature sometimes results in a “red” tag that sends a notification, and sometimes a “grey” tag that just says “mention” and sends no notification?
I originally thought that it was because members were not waiting for the pop up box to appear and just typing “@….”, but this is what it looks like
Proper tag: @Giles
Improper tag: @gilesSo I don’t know why some members like @Brock always have the [mention] next to the name.
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That's from people using the tapatalk app and it happens if they tag you but you're using a different browser.
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Brilliant @Filthy That makes sense. Thanks for the smartness
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I pretty much only use the Tapatalk app… do my tags send you a notification?
[mention]adam31 [/mention]Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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No sir, they don’t. I’ve been wondering about it for a while now, finally got the nerve to ask why. I always use the “desktop” forum, and I’ve never used tapatalk, so now it all makes sense.
