It sounds like a canery
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It sounds like a canery
My 97 senior citizen for a C5, squeaks like crazy, I'm guessing that the squeaks are the rear suspension bushings, the Chevy dealer will not sell the bushings, they sell the 'A' arm assemblies with bushings. I do not race so I don't think I need the Poly bushings that tend to squeak. Any other fix? 
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From: Edmond Ok
Originally Posted by XXX Vette
My 97 senior citizen for a C5, squeaks like crazy, I'm guessing that the squeaks are the rear suspension bushings, the Chevy dealer will not sell the bushings, they sell the 'A' arm assemblies with bushings. I do not race so I don't think I need the Poly bushings that tend to squeak. Any other fix?
I have seen many posts on this, bushing squeak, seems the common solution is to lubricate with a synthetic grease. Synthetic because the normal grease will break down the bushing. My 98 front squeaks depending on the weather.
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St. Jude Donor '03-'04
Originally Posted by XXX Vette
My 97 senior citizen for a C5, squeaks like crazy, I'm guessing that the squeaks are the rear suspension bushings, the Chevy dealer will not sell the bushings, they sell the 'A' arm assemblies with bushings. I do not race so I don't think I need the Poly bushings that tend to squeak. Any other fix?
Front bushing torque 58 N-m 43 ft lbs.
Rear bushing upper 65 N-m 49 ft lbs.
Rear bushing lower 95 N-m 70 ft lbs.
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No need to take anything off.
Get a good can of silicone spray, use the little red straw and spray the hell out of all the rubber you can find, even the exhaust rubber mounts. I did this 6 months ago. Have zero squeaks since. Use about 1/2 can of ZEP silicone spray.
Get a good can of silicone spray, use the little red straw and spray the hell out of all the rubber you can find, even the exhaust rubber mounts. I did this 6 months ago. Have zero squeaks since. Use about 1/2 can of ZEP silicone spray.
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Thanks for the help, I have not tryed silicone spray yet but, I did removed the swaybar and spray everything with WD40, I pulled the bolts out that hold the upper A arm and sprayed some more, no help.
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I had a rear lower control arm bushing go bad. I tried spraying it with everything, nothing seemed to work more than a couple of days. I had to replace the arm. I picked up a used one from Gene at Karshop. http://www.geneskarshop.com/
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