People With Marlin Crawler Bushings!

[SupaMan]

It says to grease them, What kind of grease did you use? Did you even grease them? Any special grease i should buy?

Might be a dumb question but i wanna make sure, better safe than sorry. :biglaugh:

 

[Doward]

polyurethane grease.

 

[SupaMan]

alrighty thanks ill run down to the local discount/autozone whatever it is and grab some tomorrow.

 

[Davismj711]

I used poly in mine also. On a side note it went it a little tighter than their install video ^.

 

[SupaMan]

yea i figured it would since they have like NO flex at all to them i got the shifter seat bushing and the shifter socket and im puttin some MT90 in so hopefully it helps alot i imagin it will be a world of diffrence.

 

[tlo86]

mine fit fine

 

[SupaMan]

is there another name for poly grease? I couldnt find anything and autozone basicly laughed in my face when i asked.

Where are you guys buying your poly grease?

 

[tlo86]

i used lithium based multi purpose grease *shrug*

 

[shaeff]

I used multi-purpose grease. I put the shifter socket, and the end cap in my '94 4x4. The difference is incredible. 150k on the old bushings didn't fare so well.

And I'm pretty sure that they made a newer version that fits easier... but I could be wrong.

 

[jdub]

Lithium or Teflon grease should work. Or, a PTFE based grease like Loctite Superlube.

 

[SupaMan]

i wish i woulda known this like an hour ago. I guess its my bad tho for not asking more before i left.

gotta wait till tomorrow!

when you say should work does that mean i should be worried if i use lithuim grease?

shaff you used multi purpose how long ago did you use it and have you had any problems?

i may ask alot of retarded questions but i dont wanna mess somethin up because a $5 thing of grease was the wrong kind.

 

[jdub]

Petro grease can react with polyurethane causing hardening over time...but, folks use it with no problems too.
The greases I listed are not petro greases.

 

[SupaMan]

http://www.lucasoil.com/products/display_products.sd?iid=46&catid=2&loc=show

http://www.lucasoil.com/products/display_products.sd?iid=37&catid=2&loc=show


i saw these in there but the tacky part on the first link makes me think diffrent but it says both are lithuim grease....

i feel like a retard ive never installed any of bushing of this kind before so im tryin to learn as i go.

 

[shaeff]

Supaman- I used it because someone apparently used all of my good grease. (my dad and brother are the only two who use the garage besides me)

I planned on taking mine back out and lubing it up with some good grease, but haven't gotten around to it yet. So far, no issues. It's been about a year. I had the shifter out about a week ago, simply to inspect it, as it felt as if it were hanging up. Everything was still fine as of then.

This week, I'll likely pull it again and just do it right...

 

[jdub]

Don't get caught up in names too much...any lithium grease will work fine. Silicone grease will too...you might find it in the plumbing section at the hardware store

 

[SupaMan]

discount auto is closer than the hardware store so the lucas lithuim will do?

thanks for the info guys id be lost without supramania :biglaugh:

 

[SupaMan]

http://www.lucasoil.com/products/display_products.sd?iid=37&catid=2&loc=show

i got me some of that! thanks for the help guys ill have the car done tomorrow!

 

[Mr.PFloyd]

what happens if you don't lube it?

 

[tlo86]

what happens if you don't lube it?

she'll prolly smack you

 

[Poodles]

You're wear the seat out faster.

Couple notes about installing the bushings (or installing the shifter in general)

-Do NOT force the socket into the tranny, if it's not straight it won't go in. It's a very tight tolerance so it has to make a straight shot.

-Be careful not to rip the boots as they keep the smell out of the cabin.

-Either replace the gasket, or use sealer on the top plate so you don't have a leak down the side of your tranny.


I myself used moly grease as I had it around, and the gear oil DOES get up into that part of the tranny and didn't want any reactions from using an odd grease.