Silicone grease for poly. bushings a must?
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Do you have to use silicone based grease on poly bushings?
I can`t find it at any local auto parts stores. Thanks for any help.
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BMR had sold tubes of silicon grease. I have used the typical grease gun grease for about a year. I can not detect that it is causing problems.
BMR had sold tubes of silicon grease. I have used the typical grease gun grease for about a year. I can not detect that it is causing problems.
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Actually, I need the grease for a BMR adj. panhard rod I just bought. They didn`t send any with it. I see some on their web site but was hoping to find some locally. Tried Murrys, Auto Zone with no luck. Would some synhetic or semi-synthetic grease do the trick??
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Hey feller, try regular old anti-seize. The silvery looking goopy stuff you put on your spark plugs.
Saw a post that Sam Strano replied to and he advised it. I tried it and it works great. Easy to find and cheap too.
Saw a post that Sam Strano replied to and he advised it. I tried it and it works great. Easy to find and cheap too.
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Do you have to use silicone based grease on poly bushings?
I can`t find it at any local auto parts stores. Thanks for any help.
Eric
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Distributor lube is silicone stuff. Might go and
also get some dry graphite powder (locksmith stuff)
and mix up your own paste; that'll be good and
slippery.
also get some dry graphite powder (locksmith stuff)
and mix up your own paste; that'll be good and
slippery.
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I think you can use synthetic grease thats what my instructions told me to use with my metco trailing arms and they have poly bushings.
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You can use Marine grade grease,, This is what I did and what BMR recommended to me. You can find it at wal mart next to the regular wheel bearing grease and it fits in a standard gun. It is silicone bases as well. Try Wal-Mart I bet you can find it there as I did.