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Old Feb 13, 2012 | 02:20 PM
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Default Grease gun for zerk fittings

I'm finally going to drill my control arms for zerk fittings. I know theres some types of grease you're not supposed to use, I searched and found a couple links on what grease to buy, but the links were dead.

Once I get these zerks in, anyone know where I can get the correct lube for ES bushings? Or can I really just use any regular grease for this?
Old Feb 13, 2012 | 02:27 PM
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I've always used teflon based grease and havn't had problems. Not with energy suspension bushing specifically though.
Old Feb 13, 2012 | 02:34 PM
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https://www.miataturbo.net/suspension-brakes-drivetrain-49/what-grease-use-poly-bushings-62495/

Originally Posted by vehicular
I bought 3 tubes of Green Grease. Im fairly certain its the same stuff that polybushings.com sells. Its more than nasty enough.
Originally Posted by GeneSplicer
Emilio shot some picks of installing zerks when he did some bushings - he added "If you run out of the Hyperlube the bushings come with, I recommend Superlube, Ace Hardware carries it too."
Hope that helps!

(I just wanted an excuse to use the party kitty)
Old Feb 16, 2012 | 01:35 AM
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anddd link to emilios write-up from 949 website:

http://949racing.com/installingzerkfittings.aspx
Old Feb 17, 2012 | 10:02 PM
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I can't find any grease in something that will work with a grease gun.
I also can't find a grease gun that I can manually load with grease, not the insert.

Someones gotta have a solution for this.
Old Feb 17, 2012 | 11:04 PM
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Generally you buy a tube and the grease gun pushed it out of the tube, leaving you with an empty tube in your gun eventually.

That or if the grease has a tip, you use a chalking gun.
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