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ARB Grease
« on: June 28, 2014, 09:56:10 pm »
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What would be suitable or the best type of "grease" to use on ARB bushes?

The ARB's I have fitted: Whiteline front & rear !

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Re: ARB Grease
« Reply #1 on: June 28, 2014, 10:33:50 pm »
I have a Whiteline on the rear and it kept creaking. Alex greased it a couple of times but the last time it started I did it myself with what I could get from work. Believe it's a standard EP2 type grease. Seems to have done the job for now.

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Re: ARB Grease
« Reply #2 on: June 28, 2014, 10:40:36 pm »
A lithium type grease then !


Cheers Matto  :happy2:  What was the EP2 type grease you used matey?



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Re: ARB Grease
« Reply #3 on: June 28, 2014, 10:48:18 pm »
Yes most likely. While the lithium grease is probably really good, I feel it probably gets washed out too easily with the bushes being quite exposed under the car. The stuff I used from work was out of a big tub of the stuff. Esso probably at the time. We're going back a fair while now. I filled a container and keep it in the garage so couldn't tell you exactly what it was.

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Re: ARB Grease
« Reply #4 on: June 28, 2014, 11:01:34 pm »
Cheers ! Yes that's a great help matey, maybe I will try to find away of sealing the new grease in there...  :confused: lol

Can only try!

Need to do something, the squeaking is really annoying matey  :rolleye:  no need !



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Re: ARB Grease
« Reply #5 on: June 28, 2014, 11:07:20 pm »
Change the bushes as well as a good grease up?

 I have Autotech ARB and after hearing about the squeaking peeps get with their Autotech bushes I had Superpro ones fitted and all's good.

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Re: ARB Grease
« Reply #6 on: June 28, 2014, 11:14:49 pm »
I don't have the superpro arb bushes fitted just the ones that come with the whileline arb's.

Can bushes be got from superpro for the whiteline arbs?

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Re: ARB Grease
« Reply #7 on: June 29, 2014, 12:34:33 am »
Superpro sell a bush/bracket sets for ARBS. No doubt all different sizes for different ARB thicknesses though (I just asked Alex what I needed  :wink:).
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Re: ARB Grease
« Reply #9 on: June 29, 2014, 02:39:30 am »
I use a spray grease that penetrates the gaps. Doesn't last too long, around 2 months or so, but quietens the creak well enough.

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Re: ARB Grease
« Reply #10 on: June 29, 2014, 11:11:53 am »
Cheers ! Yes that's a great help matey, maybe I will try to find away of sealing the new grease in there...  :confused: lol

Can only try!

Need to do something, the squeaking is really annoying matey  :rolleye:  no need !





An idea I thought about trying was to smear some Vaseline on the outside where the bush meets the ARB to try stop the water getting in.