S1rst

when you fit poly bushes are you meant to grease them lightly before fitting them?

The reason im asking is because mine seem very squeaky over speed bumps and inclines and its really starting to annoy me now. I thought id give them a bit of time to bed in but there still the same after about 1000 miles!!!

Any thoughts on this?????

Mike Rainbird

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Yes, the Powerflex ones even come with a small bag of lube .

S1rst

So it would be safe to say mine werent greased then, causing the squeeky-ness.

Looks like ill have to take them all out again and grease them then.

Cheers Mike.

JanDK

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What kind of lubricant do you use then??

dojj

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you might also find that they will squeeak beacuse yuo've done teh nuts and bolts up with the suspension in the air
when it setles the poly is compressed more and this can also cuase the noises
when you grease them make suer the last few turns to nip them up are done with the suspension on the ground so the wieght of teh car is puttin ghte bushes in the right places

Kelv

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What have you poly bushed - everything?

S1rst

Yes everything has been polybushed. They were already fitted when i bought my car. Its coming from the front of the car so maybe its the top mounts.

Im thinking they might have been greased but have maybe dried up due to not being used much????? Theyve been on the car about two and a half years but have only done about 1500 miles max.

dojj, i think GGR fitted them so surely they'd have fitted them the correct way???

Damo V

Usually you have to grease them to fit them otherwise they wont go in, I would say its through lack of use plus, bear in mind manufacturers dont fit polybushes as standard for a reason

dojj

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i had a set of polys fitted by a well known tuning company and got it back with pipe wench marks on the tca.....................

Azrael

You need to apply lots of grease, like german porn as someone said....

JanDK

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Do you use cobbergrease or a silikonebased grease???

Azrael

Copperpaste

JanDK

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okay..