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grease for bushes

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Hi all, I have a vague recollection of some sort of grease being used when fitting 'superflex' bushes to the suspension----anyone know more details please?

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White grease - or just vaseline.........
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Thanks, I think I've seen some white lithium grease in b&q, how about that?

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Spot on!
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Re: grease for bushes

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les wrote:Thanks, I think I've seen some white lithium grease in b&q, how about that?
It will be the same as a tub of Castrol LM - just use your grease gun you have for the trunnions (assuming you have LM in it, of course!)
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It's not the same as LM - it's specifically formulated to resist 'water washout' .
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I used red grease on mine. They still squeak a bit though. Thinking of going back to good old rubber
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If you can get good old rubber anymore :D If steering rack gaiters are anything to go by---stick to poly bushes. (--and white grease!)

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I dont think any grease would stop them squeaking. I absolutely covered them with grease and still slight squeaks
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I always found red grease rather odd stuff, not very greasy and just seemed to attract dirt and dust when used in brake cylinders.

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Ive been trying Maganlube http://www.magnalube.com it seems very sticky on contact and seems to help squeeks.
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