Suspension Knock

[Reynard Driver]

We have all heard and will experience having to replace the suspension pieces on the Boxter. Built like crap. I recently replaced my bushings with the poly ones sold on the aftermarket. After about a year they have started to squeak just a little and I wondered why don't they put grease fittings on these anymore. SO, I drilled and tapped them and put small fittings in them and pumped them with grease. This fixed the squeaking and they perform perfectly after another year on the car. I am beginning to wonder if I will ever have to replace them again.

[Wayne 962]

Very cool! Do you have some more details, like where you got the fittings from, what size hole you had to drill, what thread / pitch you used to tap, and how long this took?

thx,

Wayne

[messex]

I had the same squeaking issue on one of my lower control arms, and that's what the shop near me did. They told me I would probably eventually need to replace them, but it took care of the squeaking for sure. Next time I'm under there, I'll check to see if I can get a picture of what they did.

[Reynard Driver]

Zerk fittings bought from auto parts store. 12 of them in a box for $8. A 3/16ths drill bit-$3. And a 1/4-28 tap- $4. 1 hour to do 12 of them. Drilled all of them so I don't have to take the wheels off to grease them.