January 6, 200521 yr OK, my car got jealous of all the attention I have been paying to other cars lately, and started making an ugly "grinding" kind of noise from the area of the left rear wheel. I jacked her up and took a look, found nothing broken, and the brakes and berring check out fine. I slathered a bit of lightweight oil on the top of the strut, and on all the rubber bushings (two rods coming from the center to the wheel, and the one going forward = 6 bushings). That fixed it, but I was wondering: What is the "correct" lube for these joints, and how often should they be lubed? I'm suspecting these answers will be "a light grease" and "when they complain". . . Am I wrong? Is this listed somewhere? Was this a freakish occurance?
January 7, 200521 yr Author OK, I'm gonna guess that either I'm right, or no one else has had this happen. . .
January 7, 200521 yr OK, I'm gonna guess that either I'm right, or no one else has had this happen. . . Oil and rubber don't generally mix. If anything, I'd use a silicone spray. Or a silicone-based grease. Petroleum makes rubber rot over time.
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