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Old Apr 28, 2007 | 06:40 PM
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can someone point me in the direction of a write up for lubing my car. ive been changing my own oil ever since i got the car two years ago. i just realized that ive never lubed it and probably should. thanks guys.
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Old Apr 28, 2007 | 06:46 PM
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Not a whole lot of lubing you can do to the stock suspension pieces.
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Old Apr 28, 2007 | 07:55 PM
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The only thing I've ever needed to lube was the sway bar bushings... and then only because the nylon liner was pretty much shot resulting in the metal bar touching the rubber. I've since replaced them with new bushings to avoid having to repeat the procedure every 8 months or so.
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Old Apr 29, 2007 | 02:19 AM
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the reason i ask is because my brothers ball joint broke on him while he was taking a turn because he never had it lubed. this was in an 83 trans am though. i know that only some cars have to be lubed up like every six months or something like this. i guess ours dont have to. thanks guys.
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Originally Posted by LMz28
the reason i ask is because my brothers ball joint broke on him while he was taking a turn because he never had it lubed. this was in an 83 trans am though. i know that only some cars have to be lubed up like every six months or something like this. i guess ours dont have to. thanks guys.
It's not that they don't have to, it's that there aren't any grease fittings from the factory.

Replacement pieces will usually have them though.
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