On Mon, 14 Apr 2003, Skip Montanaro wrote:
> Andrew> ... I pressed in the new, two-halves polyurethane bushings and
> Andrew> inserted the metal sleeve. I then squeezed the mounting points
> Andrew> into the brackets, and tightened the mounting bolts to the
> Andrew> appropriate ft lbs. In tightening the mounting bolts, I
> Andrew> squeezed the brackets against the sleeve without compressing the
> Andrew> poly-u bushings at all. The trailing arm moved easily up and
> Andrew> down with minimal resistance.
>
> Isn't some sort of graphite lubricant called for with these polyu bushings?
> You didn't mention using any, so I figured I'd mention it to be sure.
>
> Skip
At the very least, you want to use some anti-sieze compound on the pivot
bolt so it doesn't sieze into the sleeve.
Other that that, you don't really need to lubricate the bushings. I never
lubed mine when I installed them 40 miles ago, no squeaks yet!
rml
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