My rear bar was squeeking and I took the bushings off last weekend, I cleaned the bushings throughly with a cloth (not wet nor damp) and applyed lithium white grease. I realized the bar had slided to the left side and was rubbing a suspension arm at one point. Today, only after three days of having re-greased the bushings, I noticed again a skeak noise, and it's the bar rubbing metal-to-metal to the suspension arm.

How can I make a clamp to secure the bar? Why is this happening? Please help.
Did you figure out why you were a non-squeeker

 

Not too sure how to help you on the sliding issue.
Maybe new sway / stabilizer bar links?

As for the sqeeking issue, putting lithium grease, or any type of grease on there is not good. It attracts dirt / dust. More noises
Leave them dry AND CLEAN.
I'd suggest you take them out and clean the bar area where the bushings go, and clean the bushings and then soak them in hot / warm water for a bit. Dry them off and put them back on. It should help.

BTW, Whiteline swaybar?

My Eibachs ONLY sqeek between -10 Celcius and +10 Celcius if I hit a DEEP bump / indent in the road. Other than that, they're quiet.

 

Thanks KayJai, yeah, whiteline rear adjustable swaybar.
I'll try to do as you say. Actually, I've begin to think the noise is more from the metal-metal contact than from the bushings themselves... could be because it's a very high, not too loud very annoying noise.
Are you sure the dry bushings is OK? Because if it is, that might help prevent the bar from moving to the sides...
Can I clean the bushings with some light solvent? Like the one used to clean the paint on the vehicles?
Thanks again

 

Personally, I wouldn't use any solvent. Not sure if that would harm them or not, but it's just me.
Just some warm water and soap should do the trick.

Are there any marks on the bar, if there's metal scraping?
Pix would help

 

No, bar is intact. However, maybe my mistake was to put a genrous amount of grease in the bushings, the two times I have taken them out since instalation they were full of dirt on the inside; I had to clean them and re-apply grease.

Perhaps too much grease just attracts dirt as you say. Curious thing though is my front bar never squeekes (Whiteline also with the same bushings); I think it's because the front bushings are not as exposed to dirt and road water than the rears.

Also, I torque the mount bolts to 20Nm, is that OK?

 

You do need to lube the poly bushings. Otherwise they will eat the paint off the bar, and the bar will rust. It will also "squeak" from lack of lube. You don't need much. Just a 1/16" thin bead down the center (2-3mm for you metric folks).

Regarding keeping the bar centered. I think Xorro just used a couple of hose clamps and put one on either end. Zip ties would also work. I would favor the zip ties as you've got plastic to metal contact vs metal to metal contact. the plastic will also "give" and strech in case you somehow installed them in a way that would limit suspension movement.

 

Hi Random, thanks for the advise. I think if I apply a small amount of grease not near the edges of the bushing it might avoid attracting the dust into the grease. I would have never thought something as simple as a Zip Tie would solve the problem, but I guess the lateral displacement of the bar doesn't need a huge force to counteract, as it's not carrying any weight nor anything, the effort is like in other axxis, in a vertical way more than lateral right?
Is there any theory to explain why the bar would move in certain cases and not in others?

 

Hrrmmm little grease,... ok
I'll have to try that....
Never really had a problem since the Eibachs were installed, so I really didn't bother with them.

 

Is this normal for the sway bar to move?? I'm kinda weirded out by that fact. Sway bars control body roll the same as a tower bar, no? If that's the case it shouldn't be moving at all!

 

im thinking you have a problem with your endlinks man.