I recently purchased a Gendron FSB for autocrossing purposes. I've searched and havent found too much on this topic.

What is a good grease to use on the bushings? One thread I found had a link here:
http://www.lmperformance.com/1403/20.html

I have no doubt thats acceptable, but $25 for a can of grease seems a bit much. Is there anything I could purchase locally (Autozone, Advance Auto, etc) and wouldn't cost an arm and a leg?

 

You should replace the bushings.

 

What if his bushings are brand new? I think I've seen stuff like that at a hardware store or local auto parts stores. Try Lowes, Home Depot or the like and look for synthetic silione grease. I've also heard of wrapping the bar in the area of the bushing with teflon tape (the same used to seal piping). The reasoning is that the overlapping tape helps to keep the grease in.

 

rubber bushings will bind, grease is messy and collects dirt. You need solid bushings specific to the size of the bar.

 

I'm not sure if it's standard, but my used Gendron bar came with its own mounting brackets with urethane bushings and grease fittings for greasing the bushings.

I have used normal black grease with molybdenum, and Valvoline synthetic wheel bearing grease (it's red). I periodically re-grease the bushings and wipe off all the grease that squeezes out. That cuts down on collection of dirt.

When I had the Miata, I discovered that the clear/whitish grease that was provided with the urethane bushings eventually turned to glue and caused the swaybar to bind up in the bushings. I think that was a silicone based grease.

 

I use Plumber's Silicone Grease on my anti-roll bar bushings. It is highly water resistant, and one application gets me about a season or more of auto-x.
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Most hardware stores should have it.

-Steve

 

I'm not a fan of the greaseable bushings. The grease slots take away bearing area from the bushing and if you take one apart after hitting it with the grease gun you will be lucky to find grease 1/2 way around the bushing.

Also, the brackets on the greasable bushings, IMHO, are not up to the task of the loads a 1.25" solid bar will throw at it. They WILL bend eventually. The only brackets I've found to be durable in auto-x applications are those from Prothane. They are a heavier gauge material than the others (energy suspension and one I can't think of).

-Steve

 

Teflon Tape

 

Just because??? What if they only need to be greased.

 

I just had this FSB installed by Bill himself on Saturday, and he used the red wheel bearing grease. And per his instructions this should be greased about 4 times per year!