Squeaky SPC upper control arms

I have spc light racing upper control arms and every 6 to 8 months I have to disassemble and re grease the bushings, anyone else have this problem? I am getting annoyed having to re grease this things I have had them 2 years and this will be the 3rd time.

 

Have had mine on for 6 years now and haven’t touched them since. Squeak free. What grease are you using?

 

its a lithium grease but even the original grease that it came with wore out in under a year

 

Lithium grease is to thin. Go back to recommended grease by SPC and make sure they are lubed correctly. Also going by your signature photo looks like you dunk yours in rivers. Lithium grease will definitely wash out in that senario.

 

I dont think Super Lube will work either. Not heavy and tacky enough plus its also a food grade that may wash away easily.

 

Mine have been on for 2 years and I've never had issues with them squeaking or needing to be taken apart to grease bushings...then again my truck makes a lot of squeaky/creaky noises and 99% of the time I just live with it. Most of it comes from my leafs though.

Anyway I would agree that lithium grease is too thin...I've tried that on my leafs as well and it works for a minute before the squeaking comes back worse than before.

 

the water crossing wasn't something I did when I first had them installed, truck sounds some awful running down the road

 

YES. I battled squeaky bushings with the SPC Spec-ride bushings for almost 2 years. I have a long email chain with a guy at their customer service. Finally, about 5 months ago, they sent me out an entire new pair which uses thier new bushings, and so far they've been silent. No grease is needed with these.

But, I've said it before and I'll say it again - while the squeaky bushings were a pain in the ass, their customer service has been awesome. Good company.

 

Ill have to look into that new bushing then

 

I've used SuperLube in my Dirt King UCAs for the past five or six years with zero issues. It's probably the #1 recommended lubricant for UCAs, tested tried and true by hundreds of TW'er. SuperLube is great stuff for this application.

SPC also lists it as an approved / recommended bushing lubricant.

http://www.spcalignment.com/subjectFAQ/SPC Approved Grease.pdf

 

Grease-less bushings? Interesting.

 

They're called like Xaxis or something now. And from what I understand, it's not some new crazy technology, but more closer to factory.

 

Yes. named my truck squeaky wonder.

 

Well I’ll be dammed! Did not know that. Thanks for setting the record straight.

 

Happy I could help!

 

Ok...so on their website no mention of SuperLube. Am I missing something?

So that link is for their balljoints not UCA.

 

SuperLube will work for both as long as the bushings are polyurethane.

Call SPC tomorrow and see what they have to say. From what I understand, their customer support is pretty good and responsive.

 

I have a can of the SuperLube stuff in my garage. I wasn't all that impressed to be honest. I agree with whomever said they thought it would wash away easily. That's proven to be the case in certain parts of the truck. I also noticed that some of the grease that was stuck to the underside of the lid seemed to actually dry out a bit. That was worrisome. The Red and Tacky stuff seems to do a better job.

 

@ItalynStylion

Which type SuperLube did you get? The manufacturer makes a couple different grades. Personally, I haven't had an issue with SuperLube but as always, YMMV.