just got some swaybars and endlinks, just wanted to know what kind of grease i should use on the bushings so they dont squeek?

 

If you got polyurethane bushings, usually a lithium grease is good. If they come w/ hardened rubber bushings, no grease is needed.

 

ok so this is what gino told me to do... take a little teflon tape and start in the middle of the bushing, go to one end then the other ending back in the middle, at least that's how i remember him telling me. you may want to double check with him. he's over at gbmotorsports/mpj.

 

yea i heared teflon tap is good cause it doesnt attract dirt an its good for some other reasons, i dont know em though

 

yep, use teflon tape. give it a few layers, and make sure its wide enough so that if the sway bar were to move side to side a little, it still would be safe.

but if you choose to use grease, make sure you use the lithium grease thats NOT in spray form... you want the thick goop.

 

ok thanks for the replies....i got the hotchkis bars and in the installation instructions it specified not to use a lithium based grease but i found a few threads that say to use lithium based like above... the reasoning hotchkis gives is because he says lithium based grease washes out with water...i was leaning towards non-lithium since its from hotchkis, does anyone have a for sure answer?

any more on this teflon tape idea? you use just the teflon or both the grease and tape? any help would be appreciated.

 

Buy a tub of silicone based grease. Shouldn't wash of very easily and won't eat through rubber.

 

yeah my sways had non lithium grease and squeak like little biotc$#s now, they're the hotchkis so go with the teflon tape trust us.

 

bacon grease

 

ahhahaha... yeah try the bacon grease, then again it may get you unwanted attention from dogs and cops...

 

use Anti seize
graphite solid lube that is good for high heat and doesnt wash out plus it sticks to everything

very good stuff its what i used for my urethane bushing and no noise yet but it is a little expensive

 

Do you need any grease for kartboy rear endlinks? They are rubber, I believe, not polyurethane.

 

there should be a metal sleve in the bushing and no grease is needed

 

Vaseline works pretty good.

 

Any aluminum complex type grease, NLGI grade 2 should work well. I picked up a tube of some Schaeffer Moly Ultra Supreme grease (# 238) for $5. This stuff has something like 8% moly, and coats well. Aluminum complex greases are completely waterproof, and this particular grease is designed for extreme mechanical shock conditions. More info at:

http://www.schaefferoil.com/

Read all about grease (good techical info):

http://www.bobistheoilguy.com/GREASE/index.htm