Sound from the rear-Part II, Bushing not greaed properly Options

[jim_hoyland]

The sound finally went away with an heavier application from the grease gun into the zirks yesterday. I used a heavy duty tractor bearing grease

I have been told that the bushing should have silicone grease on their outer surface and under the flange, which makes sense now. So I'll pull the arms, remove the bushings and try the silicone grease.

The creak started to come back today, albeit less noisy.

Any tip on do's / dont's on greasing bushings will be appreciated

[Eric_Shea]

I've got Rollers on one car and Elephants on the other. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif)

The Elephants replaced the 94D soft poly because they were/are as bad as mentioned herein.

The point I've made throughout is; there's nothing wrong with the 70D hard poly if you install them properly. They don't squeak. You just have to know what you're doing. They are extremely hard, the suspension will glide up and down like bronze or rollers and they'll last a long, long time without the wear of the softer Polys. People who confuse them with 94D and don't know how to install them give them a bad rap. Something I'm attempting to correct.

I was going to put the hard Poly's on my 914 with no remorse (looking forward to it actually) until Mark came back out with the rollers... I simply wanted to try them and, Mark's making them at a much better price than the Shine rollers. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif)