Supercharged16v
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Guys, if I may.....
I've changed both upper and lower arms on my 156 with aftermarket ones.
Its been 2 years and no squeak nor knock.
Not all aftermarket ones are rubbish.
Drop links, yes. Those are mostly rubbish - due to poor materials used.
Now regarding lubing, IF you have no play in the bushes or ball joints, if they only squeak, you can get a syringe and INJECT good lubricating oil in the ball joints and as near to the "bone" as you can get on the bushes.
I've got a friend who did this on his 156 2.0ltr TS and its been squeak free for the past 4 years. He used Syneco K14 oil.
The latter is a 15 min job and will cost you next to nothing
So my advice is, you've got NOTHING to lose if you inject oil in them.
If you need bushes anyway, you need bushes anyway. So even if you inject oil in them and they dont stop, worst case scenario you wasted 15 mins of your life.
Other than that, polybushes like powerflex, come with their lubricating grease and I suspect so do the rest.
So if you are changing bushes IMHO , change to poly ones.
Next time I'll replace only the bushes, not the complete arms. Waste of money
I've changed both upper and lower arms on my 156 with aftermarket ones.
Its been 2 years and no squeak nor knock.
Not all aftermarket ones are rubbish.
Drop links, yes. Those are mostly rubbish - due to poor materials used.
Now regarding lubing, IF you have no play in the bushes or ball joints, if they only squeak, you can get a syringe and INJECT good lubricating oil in the ball joints and as near to the "bone" as you can get on the bushes.
I've got a friend who did this on his 156 2.0ltr TS and its been squeak free for the past 4 years. He used Syneco K14 oil.
The latter is a 15 min job and will cost you next to nothing
So my advice is, you've got NOTHING to lose if you inject oil in them.
If you need bushes anyway, you need bushes anyway. So even if you inject oil in them and they dont stop, worst case scenario you wasted 15 mins of your life.
Other than that, polybushes like powerflex, come with their lubricating grease and I suspect so do the rest.
So if you are changing bushes IMHO , change to poly ones.
Next time I'll replace only the bushes, not the complete arms. Waste of money