New control arms came in. How do I grease them?
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AlexNGreen
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With a standard grease gun and fitting.
Cool! Any grease will do?
rlitman
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It needs to have at least an LB rating. GC-LB is fine too. Basically, you need a chassis grease, but many all purpose greases are fine for that as well.
And you'll probably want NLGI-2 unless you're operating in temperature extremes.
rq375
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Super Lube is available in grease gun tubes for about $15 (urethane bushing manufacturers like Energy and Prothane recommend silicone grease) I have used petroleum grease and they seem to start squeaking faster than with the silicone for some reason.
Wamsutta
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That Sta-Lube grease in the purple cartridge tube is what I use. It doesn't melt in the summer like the red grease does.
anndel
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Whatever the FSM calls for.
malibu101
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My answer- I use (and have for many years) Kendall Super-Blu on everything car related.
Only because I can get it easily and it's never let me down.
My question- What are you building?
Post some pics of what they're going in.
Only because I can get it easily and it's never let me down.
My question- What are you building?
Post some pics of what they're going in.
Going in a 93-02 firebird.
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d.mcfarland
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Umi?
Yes!
d.mcfarland
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Standard grease gun fitting.
When you install them the grease fitting needs to be pointing down.
Not knocking you, but if you're asking how to grease them I'm wondering if you should really be installing them? They are fairly important.
My current ones' bushings life has expired and I decided on getting tubulars to reduce wheel hop, negligible weight and poly bushings.
I didn't have the tools nor the time to try and figure out how to push out bushings and get new ones. So that's why I invested in a simple bolt on solution. UMI offers Super lube but it's a tad expensive for the one application it'll be used for. If there's a cheaper, comparablealternative then l will look into it.
bigredjeepone
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No, if those are poly bushings, they require special lube to not make noise. Also, I have to ask the same question . . . assuming it wasn't a joke . . . if you don't know what a grease fitting is, I would seek assistance before changing suspension control arms. Formula 5 from Energy Suspension is good. However it looks a lot like Superlube.
I don't know what grease fittings are because I have never worked with grease fittings. I do, however, know the ins and outs of my car. I've replaced trans mount, sway bar end links, sway bar bushings, upper and lower control arm bushings (friend had a press at his shop), strut mounts, coil springs (front and back), struts, shocks. So yeah I've done a fair amount of work on my car.
I was simply asking how to grease the arms.
I was simply asking how to grease the arms.
bigredjeepone
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Understood. All ploy bushings should be pregreased. Remove the sleeve and use a lube designed for poly. I am to assume with a fitting this is a two piece split bushing. Issue with those off-road is they collect water and rust. Packing the grease in forces out the water. However unless the bushing has grease grooves. It does little to nothing for lubrication on new bushings. I take it this is a street car by the photo.
Pull the sleeve, pack lube in and then lube the sleeve before pressing back in. Poly lube is sticky, grease is not. It has to adhere to the bushing to not make noise.
bigredjeepone
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The sleeve should align from one side to the other, but just be aware that the bushing is two piece, most likely when pressing the sleeve back in.
rlitman
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Rubber bushings will be destroyed by grease. Petroleum products break them down. Polyurethane will not be hurt by any normal grease. Use what you like.
I've been known to add zerks and cut in grease flow grooves (with a tiny ball tip on a die grinder) to the poly bushings I've installed. That way I can easily add more grease right from the gun when the grease I added is all gone. Otherwise, you really want to use the special grease made for poly bushings, because it is more resistant to washout, but you'll still eventually need to open up the bushing and re-grease it if you go this way.
