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Suspension bushes lubrication

Discussion in 'Gen 2 Prius Care, Maintenance and Troubleshooting' started by moha777, Jul 4, 2020.

  1. moha777

    moha777 Junior Member

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    Hi did anyone tried lubricating the suspension bushes for the occasional noices in suspension.thanks

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    Yes. Its a good idea to periodically lubricate everything under there. The greasier the under carriage the better.

    Go to Home Depot and buy 4 cans of PB Blaster CSP Spray. Only sold online or at Home Depot. I have asked the manager at Lowes to get some as they have every other PB blaster product but they never do.

    Its a heavier spray grease that stays where you spray it and DOES NOT SMELL and works good. Get under the car and spray it all down any place that looks like its starting to rust. Get the bushings area of both LCA's and the stab links. Works great.
    Also you can spray it inside every electrical connector keeps the moisture out and and wont corrode.
    Open the hood and anything starting to corrode just hit it a little with this stuff it will slow it down.

    All my cars are greasey as hell no squeaks no rattles no rust.

    Then get some Black Magic Protectant and hose down the rubber boots on the cv joints and deep in the car the rubber boots on the steering linkage. It will help them stay flexible. You lose a boot you lose a joint guaranteed $$$.

    Also open the rear hatch to get to the spare tire look under the spare tire and get a flashlight and look in the hole the 12 volt battery is sitting see if theirs any water in the hole that battery is sitting in. Spray the battery terminals too. Look carefully at the hybrid battery metal box to see if there's any corrosion at the edges like a battery is leaking electrolyte. See that alot on this site. Spray anything that's starting to corrode.

    Then get under the rear of the car and repeat. If you ever need to work on something just spray the grease off with carb spray it will be brand new underneath.

    Spray the hood latches front and rear and all door hinges. Also inside your house. Great product.

    Before you start spraying take pictures of everything under there. Good to get familiar with everything under there nice to have a reference.

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  3. flypriguy

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    Funny, you called me spraying all the corrosion rust areas under my car a "total waste of time" with essentially the same product.

    "Sorry but complete waste of time. Your just addressing the rust on the outside like Georgina said it’s what you can’t see that will get you."
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  4. edthefox5

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    You were applying some sort of rust preventing coating not lubricating anything. 2 different things.

    If it was lubricated to begin with it never would have rusted.
     
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    Not true, it’s specific purpose is to arrest rust. It does the same thing as the PB simply a different methodology.