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Originally posted by ExDelayed: Sway bar bushings! My stock stuff squeaked like hell before I bought my Aussie Bar. Now the only sound I have from back there is my strut mounts and when I rip the bar from the car.  Did you replace the bushings or just say screw it? I am thinking of just replacing them instead of doing a temp fix with the grease. Are they a certain size or what? Thanks for the help so far. 
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ok pollo,i had the same problem in mine for the longest time.me and jpett got together this weekend and pulled them off to replace them.well we got it off and went to put the new ones on and found out that they were the ones for the front.well after throwing a fit jpett suggested that we lube the old ones and put them back on.we gave that a try and got it all back together and did the squeak test and not so much of a peep came out of the rear.so needless to say it was a rather easy fix but its only temporary till i get back to auto zone and get the rear ones order.hope that helps it sure helped mine.
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Cool. Maybe I will lube them up until I can buy the new ones.
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Colter, I've lubed up my sway bar 2 times now, and the clunk comes back. Are you hearing a clunk or a squeek? From what I've read, a clunk is from the bushings, squeek is something else.
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It is a sqeak. It only comes when the suspension moves up and down.
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My sway bar bushings (stock) do this as well. I've had them replaced twice under warranty, but it always comes back. The only cure seems to be lubeing them every 6 months.
Someone said something about installing some sort of grease fitting on the bushing? So you could just hook a grease gun up to it and fill the damn things full without taking off the brackets? Is there such a thing or should I stop spraying the lawn chemicals without a mask.
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There are some greasable bushings, ready made from Energy suspension for most applications. I'd check for clearance as they are higher than stock...
If you are a cheap mofo like myself, you can mod the poly bushings you have now, to closely resemble the ES greasables. A little dremel groove in the bushings, a drill bit, tap and die and zerk fittings...voila....
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ES bushings (with zerk fitting) have an overall height of 2 1/4" from the base of the clamp to the tip of the zerk...use type #9-5160 for 24mm bars, #9-5158 for 22mm bars... 
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Well I lubed up all the bushings in the rear and no the dreaded squeak is gone.
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