The 1960’s Monogram S saddle that Gramps put on this bike was starting to get a little too squeaky. I haven’t really done anything to the saddle but clean it since I got the bike. I dug around on the Cabe and got some good ideas about improving the seat and killing the noise. I removed the vinyl outer covering and the inner foam from the seat pan. I cleaned all the parts except the foam and dried them.
I sprayed all the places where metal touching metal could move, like where the springs hit the pan, with WD-40 Dry PTFE.
And also sprayed the places metal tabs went through slots and all the pins connecting stuff.
I found an old closed cell foam pad in my rags bin and traced the carpet foam pad that was inside the seat.
Using our Thanksgiving turkey carving knife I shaped the foam until I got a shape close to the foam I removed from the seat.
I kept carving until it was about the same size as the old one and fit well inside the cover.
After some vinyl spray on the Monogram S, I reassembled it and took it for a late night test ride.
There were no more sqeaky sounds and the ride was significantly improved with the new foam.
Glad I finally got this done since I have been riding so much. A better seat will be nice.