andrewdonald1

Gents: I just put my order in for poly-bushings for the control arms etc on the 04 C5Z.
VBandP recommended to grease the surface between the inner metal sleeves and the ID of the poly-bushings.

However they do not provide the grease and couldn't tell me where to go.
All they recommended was a high silicon water proof grease.


Does anyone have a suggestion for a vendor & product to use, so I can get this on order?

Thanks!

Andy

RX-Ben

I looked for some grease as I understand the Pfadt stuff (crazy sticky, consistency of peanut butter) doesn't last too long.

Here is what I came up with:
Marine Grade Lithium
Dupont Multipurpose with Teflon and Calcium Sulfonate

Both are PB consistency and low washability. The calcium sulfonate stuff, from what I read, is pretty good (very low washability).
I have a grease gun with a flexible extension and then some small needles as the pfadt bushings are channeled around the pins to (hopefully) allow easy grease injection. Zerk fittings would be ideal here, but I wasn't equipped to install them and was worried about greasing the outer area of the bushing.

John Shiels

dielectric from NAPA or there is a high silicon grease in a tube that is clear where you can put it in a grease gun with needle tips. Super Lube I think.

found it http://www.super-lube.com/

naschmitz

silicon plumbers grease from any hardware store. doesn't wash off, because plumbers wouldn't like that. Funny how sticky a grease can be!

kmagvette

I used "Whale Snot"...I think that is the technical name. It has the same feel as the lube I got from Phadt for my Sway Bars.

Guess VB&P is getting cheaper, my kit came with the lube, but it did not last very long.

andrewdonald1

Wow, "Whale Snot"! Where would you find that? That has got to be commercial construction slang for something (I am in commercial mechanical construction myself). Kinda like "Boy Butter" or "Pooky" or "Pipe Dope".

trackboss

http://www.summitracing.com/parts/PTP-19-1750/
that is what is normally used on urethane bushings. It comes in other sizes and brands, but I find the small packs to work well simply because it is super messy. Marine grease and super sticky red used on farm equipment may work well also, but I have not tried it.

andrewdonald1

Cool. Have you tried it?

trackboss

Yes, I have several packs in my tool box. One little tube will easily do a pair of swaybar bushings and even all four (front/rear) depending on how liberally you apply. I just like these because because they are packaged in small tubes. I can use them and throw them out immediately without having to make a mess everywhere trying to store leftovers. The grease just likes to stick to everything and is hard to remove on things like clothing. It lasts much longer than most other types of grease that are normally meant for bearings and such.

Aardwolf

I've used that as well, I think it's expensive for what it is especially if you're throwing some away. I found that it's so sticky it can get filled with dirt and harden then be difficult to clean. I switched to just using Redline synthetic grease that's in my gun for chassis lube. I add zerks in so I can add more grease often though.

I had that Prothane grease in my sway bar mounts before zerks and after awhile it went away. The sway bar frozen in the bushings which made the suspension act poorly.

It doesn't really matter what is used as long as more gets added regularly.