RE: Rubber lubricant...

[Mark Hilbush <markh@clark.net>]

> Anyway, this weekend I'm going to be installing new suspension bushings on
> my car and figured I should get my hands on some sort of rubber lubricant to
> make the job a bit easier ... a quick check of my local Checker/Pep Boys
> stores turned up nothing of the sort and I don't want to use any
> petroleum-based lubricants because I've been told they accelerate the
> rubber's natural rate of decomposition.  Any suggestions?

When I did my sway bar bushings I used some of that silicone-based stuff that you use to make yer tires look wet.  Worked like a charm.  Any of you chemists out there wanne tell me what a really bad idea that was.

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Mark Hilbush
Baltimore, MD
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