stuart_g
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| posted on 23/11/07 at 09:32 AM |
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Suspension bush lubricant
What type of lubricant do you use when assembling suspension bushes into wishbones and for the crush tube.
I seem to remember someone not recommending copper slip.
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mookaloid
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| posted on 23/11/07 at 10:05 AM |
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I used red silicone based grease - usually used for brake components and won't attack rubber/plastic.
Copaslip is oil based and might damage the plastic or cause it to swell or deteriorate.
I think........
Cheers
Mark
"That thing you're thinking - it wont be that."
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GeoffT
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| posted on 23/11/07 at 10:48 AM |
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I recently bought some new urethane bushes from Wisbech Engineering and noticed that they also recommend silicone grease. My original bushes, on which
I *think* I used normal bearing grease, are all now creaking madly.....
[Edited on 23/11/07 by GeoffT]
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pewe
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| posted on 23/11/07 at 11:48 AM |
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If it's just for assembly a quick squirt of Armorall works for me. Cheers, Pewe 
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ditchlewis
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| posted on 23/11/07 at 03:39 PM |
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mk advised me to use a silicon lubricant. i bought some in a spray can.
ditch
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donut
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| posted on 23/11/07 at 04:37 PM |
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i used red plastic greese.works a treat but gets everywhere!
Andy
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Peteff
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| posted on 23/11/07 at 05:13 PM |
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Copaslip is not a lubricant it's an anti-seize compound.
yours, Pete
I went into the RSPCA office the other day. It was so small you could hardly swing a cat in there.
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rusty nuts
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| posted on 23/11/07 at 06:31 PM |
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Used rubber grease when I did mine. Make sure the crush tubes are not too short like mine and a few others were! If the arms are tight when fitted you
have a problem , found the easiest way to test was to nip each assembled bush/crush tube in a vice and rotate the arm.
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