Sorry guys for leaving you hanging as I rarely check into these threads anymore. If ever. JAR was kinda enough to uodate this for me.
And to re-assure everyone, if you have those older style bushings you may want to contact Hotchkis for the updated parts so when you wind up needing to tear them off again for greasing you can just swap in the new, smooth sided bushings. Should work a little better. Jwick also recommends wrapping Teflon tape around the bar first and then greasing. If using teflon, you may not need grease. I can't say for certain either way. Certain greases/oils may contain polyalfaolefin which will cause Teflon to disintegrate. Just use your best judgement and common sense. Just try not to shred your bushings. Mine are showing signs of needing replacement but they'lol been on there nearly 37,000 miles.
Hope this helps out!
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