Do all Indy's creek???
My car is a new built car and when driving slow or pushing it in and out of the garage it makes creeking noises like panals flexing and suspension
creeking
Is this normal and i am to used to modern tin top motoring
cheers
mine doesn't creak - I glued all my panels on
Mark
Mine creaks too, I'm gonna take the suspension apart and re-grease it to hopefully cure the problem. Don't think it's anything to worry
about though.
Pete
my suspension creaks well i think it is the suspension
Tri
suspension bushes will creak a bit till they bed in,should have greased them first.btw tighten them up after the first couple hundred miles as they
loosen off
Is it poly bushed? If fitted dry they do creek 
Yes it is polybushed
Sounds like a strip down and grease then
cars done about 300 miles so is probably due for a tweak hear and there
Cheers
I creak when I'm getting in and out of the car 
. I reckon I must be getting ready for a tweak as well.
I used red rubber grease on all the polybushes,seems fine
Our first one creaked - but not for long!
Seriously - grease the poly's - all will be well...
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Originally posted by Peteff
I creak when I'm getting in and out of the car
I creak getting in and out of my normal car and im only 23.....
On a serious note. What grease to grease the bushes with im fitting mine this weekend. Just normal grease or special??..
You can get proper rubber grease - as Bob says its red.
My old Golf creaked like mad even with grease etc. Cause was cheap lower quality bushes. The only way to stop it was to loosen some of the bolts and
fit second lock nut. Im not saying this is an approved method and you should do it but desperation and impending insanity left me with no choice.
I have to say i have heard more MK's creak than other kits - maybe its a particular feature of that model. Its like an early warning system when
on country roads to warn birds etc that you are coming from 2 miles away! Are the bushes MK supply specially compounded suspension bushes or just
general grade poly's. There is a difference.
Use rubber grease, it's great 'n' tastey!
How tight should the suspension bolts be done up? I did mine really tight, then backed them off a little, not very scientific...
Pete
You shouldn't need to back them off as the bolt squeezes the bracket to grip the pinch tube for the bush to pivot on it.
My current fibreglass Locost creaks quite a lot, specially when the weigh is not evenly distributed on all 4 wheels (for instance when I approach the
ramp of my garage with car not facing it but a bit sideways, which I do because I'm afraid of hitting the sump, bit silly but still I do it). My
previous Locost, which had lots of steel panels, didn't creak at all.
Cheers,
Alex
They are purple ones which came from MK
Its time to hit the grease tub then!!!!!!
How easy is it to get the bushes back out of the mounts without damaging them?
Thanks
its the crush tube to pu that needs grasing not the pu to wishbone
Thanks for that and your right!!
I am having brain fade hear!!!!!!!!
cheers
is it worth greasing the ends of the bushes to stop them rubbing on the wishbone mounts?
Pete
i have some rubber grease at work ill have to acquire it. Havent used it for ages but from what i remember it smells nice..
The cure is so easy ..
at each bush end a quick skirt of WD40 -works every time!
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Originally posted by ASH3
The cure is so easy ..
at each bush end a quick skirt of WD40 -works every time!
Alez - WD40 is a light penetrating oil normally found in aerosol cans. You will have an equivalant in Spain. it is also a good moisture repellant.
AFAIK its relatively safe on most car areas. Ive tried this on a Mk1 Golf with squeeky poly bushes - it worked for about 2 days then was dissipated
and creek noise returned.
Plays havoc with your lungs if you snort it or burn it tho!! lol
LOL smells nice when u burn it though
wd40 does make some rubbers go soft on the surface. Will be ok with poly though i would think..
Yes Darren, sorry for making you explain it, you can buy WD40 here as well and that's what I use (and what I used in the UK 
), I meant that I
don't know if that kind of oil could damage petrol derived materials. Sorry!
Cheers,
Alex
my front end creeked like mad i put them in dry .
if ur using poly bushes theres a special white grease for bushes stipped the front end covered the bushes in it .fine now