When To Grease New Sve Rear Control Arms

[Dan P.]

I just installed a set of SVE upper and lower rear control arms. I was wondering should I grease them now or should I wait? There wasn't anything in the installation instructions about when to grease them.

Thanks,

Dan

 

[stykthyn]

Right meow

 

[lxman]

Did you put silicone grease on the poly bushings when you installed them. if not you will have squeking soon.

 

[pissedoff92]

I was wondering this too, not to thread jack but my new chromoly upr uppers and lowers have fittings but no direction as to when to grease them?

 

[MFE92]

LOL...save a few bucks, get no directions. Grease them immediately.

 

[Dan P.]

I greased the surfaces of the bushings with the supplied grease before installing them. This set has the grease fitting on the ends of the arms, I was not sure if they needed to be grease now or I could wait.


Thanks,

Dan

 

[lxman]

Ok good. Yes you lude the bushings with the silicone grease and then after that you grease the zerk fittings. After that you are good to go bro.

 

[pissedoff92]

you grease the zerk fittings with standard grease or silicone? FYI I didnt buy upr control arms to save a few bucks. im sorry I didnt buy MM like everything listed in your sig.

 

[MFE92]

No apologies necessary. You bought cheap control arms, and you didn't get -all for instructions, it's a pattern I've noticed that I get a laugh out of. Grease the zerks with heavy-duty Marine grease.

And I forgot to include the Steeda shifter in my sig, best shifter I've ever had, and I'm bummed out they don't make it anymore.

 

[fiveohlover]

i have always been told to use synthetic grease when greasing control arms

 

[Gearbanger 101]

I've always used silicone grease, or graphite grease personally. Standard grease seems to squeak after a very short time.

 

[pissedoff92]

I wouldnt say cheap id say I saved money and bought a quality product with good customer service and a lifetime warranty

 

[MFE92]

Then why didn't you avail yourself of that good customer service and ask them to explain what their crappy instructions didn't?

 

[Gearbanger 101]

Really....are we going to get into this bull again? Can we not jump all over the guy who didn't buy a MM part just this once and stick with giving him some helpful info instead of making him feel bad about his purchase?!?

 

[MFE92]

LOL...I just pointed out (fairly, I might add) that when you save a few bucks on parts you end up getting crappy instructions. He's the one getting all napoloeon-complex about it, and it sounds like you might be, too. This has nothing to do with MM, they're not the only makers of quality parts who take the effort to actually tell their customers how to install and use their stuff, and I'm not the one who brought their name into the thread, that was napoleon partschaser up there.

 

[lxman]

At work we always use silicone grease on the poly bushings, with no problems of squeking afterwards. Then you can use regular grease thats in your grease gun at home to grease the zerk fittings. You do that and you are golden! I even did this on mine.

 

[Gearbanger 101]

LOL...I just pointed out (fairly, I might add) that when you save a few bucks on parts you end up getting crappy instructions. He's the one getting all napoloeon-complex about it, and it sounds like you might be, too. This has nothing to do with MM, they're not the only makers of quality parts who take the effort to actually tell their customers how to install and use their stuff, and I'm not the one who brought their name into the thread, that was napoleon partschaser up there.

I'm still running the same old, stamped steel stock piece of crap control arms my car came with, so no complex here....just tired of the same old back and forth.

 

[pissedoff92]

gearbanger hell i like you

 

[Noobz347]

gearbanger hell i like you

Oh great... a fan club.

Don't encourage him.

 

[Gearbanger 101]

Oh great... a fan club.

Don't encourage him.

Too late. Along with you, that makes......2!?!