Hellwig sway bar making noise

[User_21361]

Ive noticed a few times now that after water crossings or muddy off-roading or trip to the car wash that the rubber bushing on the hellwig squeaks like crazy. The last time it happened, I took it off and greased the bar. It fixed it right up but was a PITA and not something I want to do every couple of months. I searched and it doesn’t seem anyone else has this issue. Any thoughts or remedies outside taking it off?

 

[vincentw56]

That's very typical for urethane bushings. Some other suspension items use greasable fittings that eliminate this or at least make it less.

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[User_21361]

That's very typical for urethane bushings. Some other suspension items use greasable fittings that eliminate this or at least make it less.

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Yeah, I have grease fittings on almost everything else. Does anyone know if one works with the hellwig?

 

[PorBoy]

I couldn’t find one to work with mine so greasing I will go.

 

[User_21361]

If I can find a drill press, I may try to add a zerk fitting to the mounts. I’ll report back if I can make any progress. The squeak is really bugging me haha

 

[User_21361]

Have a tap kit and zerk fittings arriving Friday. It won’t be prefect but hopefully easier than taking the darn thing apart every few months. I’ll post back on progress when I make time to install

 

[User_21361]

I did one side. Not extremely happy with the results. The grease mostly shoots out of the side of the bracket instead of the bushing. The question is how much grease is making it to the inside of the bushing. I’m going to leave one side normal and test to see if it is actually any better over time. The install took about 10 min

 

[BmoreStew]

Another option is a couple wraps of thread seal tape around the sway bar. The stuff for water fittings is good, the tape for gas fittings is even thicker. Wrapped mine 18 months or so ago and it’s still working today.

 

[User_21361]

Another option is a couple wraps of thread seal tape around the sway bar. The stuff for water fittings is good, the tape for gas fittings is even thicker. Wrapped mine 18 months or so ago and it’s still working today.

Sweet, ill have to give this a try if my grease method doesnt work. Thanks for the info. Do you do a lot of offroading or water crossings? I have noticed mine gets way worse when it gets gunked up.

 

[SKT Customs]

I have this problem too! It’s annoying but I don’t care too much

 

[Scram1500]

I wonder if graphite powder would work too. The teflon tape idea is genius

 

[Billy James]

Maybe Silicone spray every now and then would work. I noticed mine squeaking a bit; maybe I'll give it a try.

 

[BmoreStew]

Nah. No real off-roading, just “truck stuff” around the property. It started squeaking on mine really early on, it’s been a long while, but I wanna say within days of the install. Wrapped it with tape (someone here had suggested it) and it’s been silent for the past 18 months or so.

Sweet, ill have to give this a try if my grease method doesnt work. Thanks for the info. Do you do a lot of offroading or water crossings? I have noticed mine gets way worse when it gets gunked up.

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[SKT Customs]

Another option is a couple wraps of thread seal tape around the sway bar. The stuff for water fittings is good, the tape for gas fittings is even thicker. Wrapped mine 18 months or so ago and it’s still working today.

Around which part of the sway bar specifically? Around the bushings?

 

[Neurobit]

Maybe Silicone spray every now and then would work. I noticed mine squeaking a bit; maybe I'll give it a try.

This is a good idea. I‘ll try that if mine starts to do this (no issues so far).

 

[BmoreStew]

Around which part of the sway bar specifically? Around the bushings?

Around the bar and under the bushings to get the squeak to go.

 

[Jako]

Ive noticed a few times now that after water crossings or muddy off-roading or trip to the car wash that the rubber bushing on the hellwig squeaks like crazy. The last time it happened, I took it off and greased the bar. It fixed it right up but was a PITA and not something I want to do every couple of months. I searched and it doesn’t seem anyone else has this issue. Any thoughts or remedies outside taking it off?

Hellwig comes with grease. Do you know if it was greased when installed?

I have used this grease below on the splines on BMW motorcycles, pricey but really good stuff.

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Enduralast 477 Spline Lube, 15 Grams

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Not sure how either would work in your application but can verify the staburgas sticks.

 

[User_21361]

Hellwig comes with grease. Do you know if it was greased when installed?

I have used this grease below on the splines on BMW motorcycles, pricey but really good stuff.

30g BMW K100 K75 K 100 75 R 80 Staburags NBU 30 PTM spline lube assembly grease | eBay

Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for 30g BMW K100 K75 K 100 75 R 80 Staburags NBU 30 PTM spline lube assembly grease at the best online prices at eBay! Free shipping for many products!

www.ebay.ca

Enduralast 477 Spline Lube, 15 Grams

15 gram tube of Enduralast spline lube for use on all transmission, driveshaft, clutch and final drive splines on BMW motorcycles. Specially made ...

www.beemerboneyard.com

Not sure how either would work in your application but can verify the staburgas sticks.

I did grease it when I installed it and a few times since then. The issues is more when the under side of the truck gets very wet or gunked up, the noise starts again and needs more grease. Im going to run my current setup for a few months (since I already drilled everything haha). If that doesn't hold up, ill replace the bushings and try out the teflon tape. If I could get 18 months of use with no noise as others have seen, that would work. Right now I've been having to grease every 2-3 months which is too much work.