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Old Sep 19, 2002 | 06:46 PM
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Default Polyurethane Bushing & Chassis Grease

Before I go purchasing a tube of this stuff direct from spohn @ $22 shipped to fix my noisy torque arm https://ls1tech.com/ubb/ultimatebb.p...;f=25;t=001055

Does anyone here know exactly what kind of grease they use or what is good to use to lube my torque arm crossmember bushing and torque arm bushing?

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Old Sep 20, 2002 | 12:15 AM
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Don't know but I use Coastal brand Marine Grease on my suspension bushings.

Seems to hold up well.
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Old Sep 21, 2002 | 06:37 PM
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Checked on that grease it has petroleum in it. Spohns website says not to use petroleum based grease <img border="0" title="" alt="[Sad]" src="gr_sad.gif" /> -- I checked on mobil 1 grease today and it doesn't say anywhere on it that it is petroleum based, but it does not say anything about NOT being petroleum based either. <img border="0" alt="[fight]" title="" src="graemlins/gr_punch.gif" />

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I've had the discussion face to face with the people here at BMR and the advice is to use the Marine grease stuff. The statement turned to the grease that you get at the Marine stores for the trailer buddy bearings.
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Old Sep 22, 2002 | 07:53 PM
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</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by P&DZs:
<strong>I've had the discussion face to face with the people here at BMR and the advice is to use the Marine grease stuff. The statement turned to the grease that you get at the Marine stores for the trailer buddy bearings.</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">This stuff will be safe for poly bushings?

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Like the post says. The people at BMR that manufacture and sell LCA's, PHR, etc. with the poly bushings told me face to face that is the stuff to use on the poly bushings. You don't regularly lube the rubber bushings.

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Old Sep 24, 2002 | 11:17 PM
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</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by P&DZs:
<strong>Like the post says. The people at BMR that manufacture and sell LCA's, PHR, etc. with the poly bushings told me face to face that is the stuff to use on the poly bushings. You don't regularly lube the rubber bushings.</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Awesome, just wanted to double check. Any specific brand or just anybody's? I know where I can get the Coastal brand.
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Old Sep 30, 2002 | 06:11 PM
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I've always used Dow 111 on my poly bushings.
It is 100% silicone...no petroleum whatsoever.
Very slippery and repells water. Actually it could be used for rubber bushings as well. It won't attack buna rubber either.
Can be purchased at most bearing supply houses.
ie: Applied Industrial Technologies
(formerly "Bearings, Inc.")
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