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sway bar bushing grease- what to use ?
I have my front sway bar out and am replacing all the rubber bushings. Does anyone have any recomendations on grease to use when putting the new bushings in ?
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PP may have some specific to sway bar bushings. I put plenty of caliper grease in the bushings when I replaced mine.
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I use Weltmeister silicon grease specially made for rubber bushings. High viscosity and will not wash out in the rain.
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Dow Corning 112 would be my recommendation.
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So I guess sillicon is the way to go ..
Thanks guys ..
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As I understand it, they are not supposed to be greased at all. You can use something like vaseline when installing the front bar into the bushing for ease of install. After that, if they squeek, that should tell you that they are worn out and you have steel rubbing steel.
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Weltmeister recommends a 'good moly-lube' on their assembly instruction sheet. Annually, I give mine a refreshing via a meat flavor injector filled with this moly-lube - it works well with no disassembly required. All squeaks disappear.
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Sil-glide from NAPA
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Thanks for the input guys. I definitely the think the sway bars need some sort of grease because it has to move in the rubber mounts to be effective. I used some dielctric silicone compound to remount the bushings into the a - arms. Boy that stuff is slippery. SO I think I will use it when I remount the bar..
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