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Posted by: BillC Aug 22 2016, 09:13 AM

I installed sway bars front & rear recently, and now I'm getting squeaking from the front (after about 100 miles of driving). I believe the problem is the grease I used is no longer properly lubricating the bushings on the through-body bar. Can anyone please recommend a good grease to use for these bushings?

Thanks!

Posted by: The Cabinetmaker Aug 22 2016, 09:24 AM

Is this a stock sway bar?

Posted by: Krieger Aug 22 2016, 09:29 AM

I use Swepco 101 on just about everything I grease on the car.

Posted by: BillC Aug 22 2016, 10:47 AM

Yes, stock sway bar with new stock rubber bushings.

Posted by: The Cabinetmaker Aug 22 2016, 01:07 PM

Petroleum products are bad for rubber. I've never greased a sway bar bushing. At the very most, some glycerine if they are hard to go in

Posted by: Ian Stott Aug 22 2016, 03:03 PM

No grease on my stock system, no squeaks.

Ian Stott
Moncton
Canada

Posted by: Catorse Aug 22 2016, 08:04 PM

If you have ever seen actual sway bar grease, you will know why you want to use it. It's dense, kind of like melted brown sugar and really hard to get off your hands. Not like normal grease at all.

Look up Energy Sway bar grease.

Posted by: turnaround89 Aug 22 2016, 08:15 PM

If you're dead set on greasing the sway bar, just make sure the grease is rated GC-LB and don't buy your grease from Wal-Mart EVER!

Posted by: Steve Pratel Aug 22 2016, 11:56 PM

I have had a tub of synthetic caliper grease that I use on just about anything. Doesn't wash out, or dry out, doesn't attack the rubber. Is great stuff.

Posted by: zach914v8 Aug 23 2016, 06:56 AM

Here at work we use dielectric grease on anything rubber. Dielectric will not deteriorate the rubber. O-rings bushing ect. Petroleum based products are really bad for rubber.

Posted by: NeunEinVier Aug 24 2016, 03:15 PM

Never heard of anyone lubing rubber sway bar bushings. Polyurethane yes (they squeak like crazy once the silicone grease is gone), but not rubber.

Posted by: 6freak Aug 25 2016, 08:05 AM

remove it

Posted by: 76-914 Aug 25 2016, 08:15 AM

Wrong size bushings? FWIW, Dow just changed the name and appearance of their siliconized grease. It was in a large green tube and called #111, IIRC. It's now called Moly something or other but still labeled #111.