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What kind of grease should I use to try to silence the bushing on the control arm?

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Old 05-02-2003, 04:45 AM
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What kind of grease should I use to try to silence the bushing on the control arm?
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Default Give white lithium grease a try.
I think you can get them in a spray form. A few peeps have used that on rear sway bar bushings.
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Default I tried injecting squeaking ball joints with some grease and it has worked.
just takes a week or so for it to work, but no probs since.
I get free ball joints because people change them as soon as they start squeaking (they're not necessarily going bad)
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Default I used it for my snub mount install.
Damn difficult to rid of the grease, even with soap and water.
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Default my mechanic told me to use a mixture of tranny fluid and WD-40 and inject it into...
the seams with a hyperdermic needle... I did this to my car and it is a good temp fix... but the squeek still comes back :\
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Default High temperature grease
Those things get surprisingly hot!
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