Noisy Aftermarket Swaybars

[Sambo33]

hello everyone! a few months ago i bought a pair of new whiteline swaybars, i made sure i used the white grease stuff on the D bushes and everything was good. now a couple of months later im getting all sorts of creaking noises under braking/acceleration/cornering/bumps, im fairly sure that its the swaybar bushes. has anyone else had this problem? do i need to put more grease on the D bushes?

cheers

Sam.

[nuffsaid]

Yeah aftermarket sway bars with poly bushes are reknowned for squeaks.

Youll have to take them off, clean them up and grease them real good.

Just whack on a crapload of grease on all the bushes.

[Sydneykid]

hello everyone! a few months ago i bought a pair of new whiteline swaybars, i made sure i used the white grease stuff on the D bushes and everything was good. now a couple of months later im getting all sorts of creaking noises under braking/acceleration/cornering/bumps, im fairly sure that its the swaybar bushes. has anyone else had this problem? do i need to put more grease on the D bushes?

cheers

Sam.

Hi Sam, it is pretty unusual for the busges to squeak this quickly. I put a set on the Stagea over 2 years ago and it doesn't make a sound. The R33GTST was done last January and it doesn't make any noise either. Have you been pressure washing or steam cleaning? Or crossing any rivers lately?

cheers

[blind_elk]

I would suggest that braking and accelleration squeaks are more likely to come from the upper control arm bushes.