I was just reading an article about autocrossing, and the guy said to lube your sway bar bushings before each event. Has anyone heard of doing this? Am I supposed to be lubing these bushings? And if so, how and with what? Thanks in advance.
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My Hellwig rear sway bar came with Teflon lube for the bushings. Got it all lubed up when I installed, but don't really know if they will require routine lubing (haha that sounds dirty).
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I'm sure a lot has to do with the brand of bushing, but I find I need to lube sway bar bushings a couple of times a year or they start making a little noise when going over speed bumps in parking lots, etc. I just pull the bushings off the bars, clean the old grease off and then put a new coat of synthetic grease in the bushing. Lubing all four bushings on my car (two per bar) takes maybe about 20 minutes.
EDIT: I should note this is with after-market sway bars and performance bushings. I've never had to lube a factory bushing to keep it quiet.
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