My trailing arms are creaking..., how do I lube these thing? Options

[ss6]

It's been 2 seasons since the trailing arms were rebuilt (Patrick M/S) which included re-fitting the pivot hardware. Last summer I'd get a random "knock" which drove me nuts trying to find. Finally, at the end of the season, *both* trailing arms started doing it regularly, which cleared up the "wtf" part.

I've never lubed any part of the trailing arm pivots - is this necessary, and if so, how and with what???

[jonwatts]

Are you getting a knock or a squeak? If there's something knocking I'd make sure everything's tight before assuming it's the bushings. Check all CV joint bolts, wheel bearings, trailing arm bolts.

What did they rebuilt the trailing arms with? Stock bushings? Weltmeister street or race bushings? Bronze bushings?

If you have Weltmeister then they sell a lube that you are supposed to use with their street or race bushings. It comes in what looks like a contact lense case. Some people cut a slight groove in the bushing to help hold more of the lube since the pivot arm can displace most of it during installation. There should be some discussion in the archives on this.

No matter what it looks like you'll be removing the trailing arms to stop the squeak. Why not get a set of MuellerBearings to replace the bushings? This will definitely cure the squeak and are a performance upgrade for what sounds like a time trial / autocross car.

(side not to Mike: face it, they're called MuellerBearings, the name has stuck. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/lol3.gif) )