Grease the bushings!

Randum

Go Kart Champion

• May 8, 2019

• #1

I need recommendations for a grease gun and grease for my rear sway!

Been squeaking and looking for anyone recommendation for pushing some grease into those bushings!

(APR Rear Sway)

 

smanierre

Autocross Champion

• May 8, 2019

• #2

This is the grease I used for my front and rear h&r swaybars. Super thick, feels like glue so it should stay put for a while. https://www.amazon.com/your-orders/...ryId=&returnUnitIndices=&shipmentId=DHGzwNK87

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Randum

Go Kart Champion

• May 8, 2019

• #3

smanierre said:

This is the grease I used for my front and rear h&r swaybars. Super thick, feels like glue so it should stay put for a while. https://www.amazon.com/your-orders/...ryId=&returnUnitIndices=&shipmentId=DHGzwNK87

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Ah this takes me to your order history (mine in this case)

 

smanierre

Autocross Champion

• May 8, 2019

• #4

Randum said:

Ah this takes me to your order history (mine in this case)

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https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B000CN7B4I?psc=1&ref=ppx_pop_mob_b_asin_title

Any better?

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jay745

What Would Glenn Danzig Do

• May 8, 2019

• #5

I've had this gun for a few years, works fine. If your sway bar brackets don't have a grease nipple you'll probably need a needle adapter or something to get it in there.
https://www.amazon.com/Lincoln-Lubrication-1134-Pistol-Grease/dp/B0002NYDZ8/ref=zg_bs_15707871_5?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=KWWZ7WTYVFES4K3AM769

You can probably find them cheaper at harbor freight or something. No need for anything fancy for a grease gun.

For poly bushings I use super lube with ptfe, That's what powerflex recommended to me when I was replacing all of the bushings.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0081JEBFC/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1

 

Randum

Go Kart Champion

• May 8, 2019

• #6

Great help! Thanks, I was trying to figure out the right grease- I do have nipples on the rear sway - apparently the APR sway is a rebranded Hotchikis and I just called them up and was told to just avoid lithium.

 

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tkelly0727

Ready to race!

• May 8, 2019

• #7

Question for you guys with polly LCA anti lift kit. how to you maintain them? I had mine in for just about a yeah now and there starting to have slight squeak noise. obvious answer would be to take them off and re-lube them but then that would require me to get and alignment again. any ideas?

 

DarianBx3

Ready to race!

• May 8, 2019

• #8

I have the nipples on my front and back sways. Does buying the gun and using the nipples make a huge difference from just trying to shove some in there? How often do you guys re grease?

 

Squashdaddy

Go Kart Champion

• May 9, 2019

• #9

tkelly0727 said:

Question for you guys with polly LCA anti lift kit. how to you maintain them? I had mine in for just about a yeah now and there starting to have slight squeak noise. obvious answer would be to take them off and re-lube them but then that would require me to get and alignment again. any ideas?

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Curious as well on this.

 

jay745

What Would Glenn Danzig Do

• May 9, 2019

• #10

There's really no way to grease the lca bushings without taking them off. You could try to get a needle in there but I'd not want to risk damaging the bushing doing so.

If you have a deadset kit you probably won't need another alignment.

Mine have been on for about 2 years and haven't felt the need to re grease them.

 

Randum

Go Kart Champion

• May 17, 2019

• #11

Update here on the thread; I did pick up silicon grease and a grease gun off Amazon. About 2-3 pumps (until I think I overflowed it a little too much and had to clean up) I gave it a spin around the block and the creak is gone!

Definitely recommend getting the bushings with the coupling to allow you to re-grease.