greasing energy suspension parts...

[MercRS]

my 85 Capri got some new polyurethane bushings with my new control
arms they have grease fittings my friend says you can only use full synthetic
grease or they will be ruined.Is this true about the grease?

Thanks

 

[TenorPlayinGuy]

Which control arms?

Energy Suspension Bushings are usually supplied with a tacky grease for initial installation. But as far as I'm concerned grease is grease. I have yet the need to grease my CA's and it's been years since i installed them

 

[Darkwriter77]

Just a guess, but maybe the non-synthetic greases have something in them that will break down the material of the bushings?

 

[Shaolin Crane]

i used all the urethane grease that MM supplied and bought tubes for my zirc gun, not sure if its needed though

 

[xherdlr]

Ive never greased mine since installation,about 4 years ago...

 

[TenorPlayinGuy]

If the grease broke down the bushing, I'm not sure i would want them in my car!

 

[Darkwriter77]

If the grease broke down the bushing, I'm not sure i would want them in my car!

I should've been a bit more clear. Maybe the synthetic grease they use is more like a silicone kind of grease, which is safer for rubber than, say, a petroleum-based grease which tends to degrade bushings.

For example, the stock sway bar bushing on the driver's side of my '84 is almost TOTALLY gone because the power steering pump was leaking fluid onto it for ages, and I'm sure people have a tendency to get oil on it from whenever they remove the oil filter nearby during fluid changes; the passenger-side sway bar bushing, however, is perfectly fine. Given, those are rubber bushings and they're more vulnerable to petroleum-based oils and greases than poly bushings, but still.

I dunno. Just a theory I was throwing out there. Or maybe they just recommend the synthetic grease because it lasts longer...?

 

[TenorPlayinGuy]

I don't know. All I meant was, if I have a bushing that was greasable, I'd make sure that it could take any grease that could be put in. Like say I drop the car off to get oil changed. The mech says he greased all my suspension parts for me since it was off the ground... I'd rather say thanks, than start to **** bricks because he greased em with something else.

Synthetic I can only see as not breaking down as quickly as others. (Same as oil I guess)

Urethane grease is whats recommended for installation. Thats what I would keep it up with.