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04-07-2004, 12:40 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Farmersville, TX - Northeast of Dallas
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Trailing Arm Bushings
Is it possible to add a zerk fitting to my trailing arms?
I recently replace the bushings with Energy suspension bushings and they squeak like a sonofagun. Would adding more grease make any difference? I used all of the grease that came with the bushings. Do I just have to live with the squeak or get rubber bushings? Any help would be appreciated.
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04-12-2004, 09:00 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Memphis, MI
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I suppose you could add zerks, but you'd have to remove the arms and pull out the bushing in order to drill and tap the holes. But I'm not sure they would help. I've heard the poly bushings are just squeeky by nature.
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04-13-2004, 08:16 AM
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Join Date: Apr 2000
Location: Leesburg, GA
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It can be done. There was a magazine article a few years back that showed how one person did it. In the article they put the poly bushing in a lathe and dug/cut a small groove in the center (to give the grease access all around the bushing) and then drilled a hole in the center of the bushing housing and installed a zerk fitting. I have not installed my poly trailing arm bushings yet so I don't know if I will add a zerk fitting or not.
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