Since this is my first car that has had its suspension really played with, I dont know much. I see I need grease for the poly bushings in my BMR stuff. What are the recommendations from you all for a good grease?
Grease for BMR poly bushings?
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Don't use any petroleum based on poly bushing it will eat through it and that all that you'll find in auto parts stores. I use super grease from Summit racing. It's $20 free shipping and buy a grease gun from (I bought it from Oreille) with the hose so you can go through tight places and put grease through the grease valves or whatever they call it
Edit: Super lube
Edit: Super lube
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I bought mine from BMR. One 14oz tube should last a good long time.
Shoot....I used regular grease on my BMR stuff.
You mean it is going to ruin my bushings or go through a lot of grease?
Shoot....I used regular grease on my BMR stuff.
You mean it is going to ruin my bushings or go through a lot of grease?
Over time your poly bushing will be shot, check the geese tube to ess if it contains petroleum. If so I would recommend removing and cleaning, or just try pumping the old out with the new
I have a grease gun loaded with this for all my poly bushings:
http://www.summitracing.com/parts/hss-3101?seid=srese1&gclid=CLmlju-z3LwCFW1nOgoddloAIg
http://www.summitracing.com/parts/ptp-19-1751?seid=srese1&gclid=CIrqr_yz3LwCFelxOgodcxAA3g
http://www.summitracing.com/parts/hss-3101?seid=srese1&gclid=CLmlju-z3LwCFW1nOgoddloAIg
http://www.summitracing.com/parts/ptp-19-1751?seid=srese1&gclid=CIrqr_yz3LwCFelxOgodcxAA3g
I used green grease its synthetic and you can find it at autozone works just fine.
My local advance sells Marine Grease, its another form of grease recommended for Poly bushings (i'd be lying if i said i remember why, but you know how to google) and so far so good. Its a deep blue color, and was like $3.50 for a tube or something. That was on my LCA's and im about to use the same stuff on my ADJ PHB today.
I bought a tube of royal purple grease since thats what LMR carried and thats where I bought my control arms. Just need to pick up a grease gun as I think the grease gun I have availble is loaded up already.
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Is there any way I can find poly bushing grease at a local auto parts store or even a home improvement store? I planned to install my LCAs and relobrackets tomorrow....
Just make sure it's SYNTHETIC.
Popular choices are:
-Mobil 1 Synthetic
-"Green" Grease (good stuff)
-Super Lube (we sell, and recommend this)
-Amsoil
-Redline
UnleashedBeast on here, sent me some Amsoil EP Grease a while back, and we have been testing it on our parts, as well as my personal parts on my car.
It works good, really good, and tends to prevent push AND wash out really well.
AMSOIL Synthetic Polymeric Truck, Chassis and Equipment Grease, NLGI #2
Yes, a "normal" petroleum based grease is not good on any poly bushing. It will permeate, soften the bushing, and either promote cracking or crumbling.
Popular choices are:
-Mobil 1 Synthetic
-"Green" Grease (good stuff)
-Super Lube (we sell, and recommend this)
-Amsoil
-Redline
UnleashedBeast on here, sent me some Amsoil EP Grease a while back, and we have been testing it on our parts, as well as my personal parts on my car.
It works good, really good, and tends to prevent push AND wash out really well.
AMSOIL Synthetic Polymeric Truck, Chassis and Equipment Grease, NLGI #2
Yes, a "normal" petroleum based grease is not good on any poly bushing. It will permeate, soften the bushing, and either promote cracking or crumbling.
This is what i used. i stand corrected on my earlier price, but its still not expensive. Lucas Oil Products Marine Grease 14 oz. 10320-60: Purchase the best Marine Lube at Advance Auto Parts
And it's non-petroleum based, right? I would imagine so since you wouldn't want to use a petroleum based grease in the water.
Thanks for the link.
Thanks Kelly! Ordered Super Lube and a gun on Amazon
I ordered some super lube. its all good. Now if it would just get warm around here...
My last car, I never had to re-grease any bushings. This car, it's been almost a year, still dead silent. No squeaks or noises of any kind.
Amsoil has a unique property to their top tier grease formulations, you can't pound it out. It will not push away from the surface under pressure like cheaper grease will. I made the mistake of using a small dap to install a supercharger pulley once. Big mistake. The pulley kept walking off the shaft, all the while.....you could see the layer of grease perfectly covering all the surface areas. I had to remove the pulley, degrease it, put it back on dry.
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The purplish/rust colored stuff is Amsoil grease not displacing while the pully walks off the supercharger shaft.
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