getting grease in the right place on lower control arm

[JustinJones]

I watched Timmy's video on the solo motorsports LCA install on a 3rd gen 4runner. I noticed they used the greaseable bolts as well as greasing the inside of the urethane on the outside of the sleeve my question is where does the pivot motion actually happen? Between the bolt and the sleeve or between the sleeve and the bushing? Is the greaseable bolt just to stop seizing or to promote rotation? My 4runner rode really smooth right after installing my whiteline bushings now when I jack up a side the wheel doesn't even droop much before binding. Total chaos arms have a grease zerk from the outside of the arms aiming grease right between the clamshells. Wouldn't that be best?

 

[GhostRing]

I always understood that the steel tube the bolt resides in stays stationary due to the clamping forces against the mounting flanges.
The tube and bolt should *not* rotate. The bushing rotates around the steel tube and does *not* rotate in its housing.

This is why you should not grease the outer surfaces of a poly bushing - only the ID & faces. I may be missing the point of
the gun-drilled bolts, unless the steel tube is also cross-drilled? Even then, I would think the tube/bushing clearance wouldn't allow much
grease to enter the needed areas. I used the supplied grease with my Whiteline LCA bushings and they've worked well for years.
Again - everyone's usage etc. is different, but are you positive it's the bushings binding and not something else?

 

[phattyduck]

I watched Timmy's video on the solo motorsports LCA install on a 3rd gen 4runner. I noticed they used the greaseable bolts as well as greasing the inside of the urethane on the outside of the sleeve my question is where does the pivot motion actually happen? Between the bolt and the sleeve or between the sleeve and the bushing? Is the greaseable bolt just to stop seizing or to promote rotation? My 4runner rode really smooth right after installing my whiteline bushings now when I jack up a side the wheel doesn't even droop much before binding. Total chaos arms have a grease zerk from the outside of the arms aiming grease right between the clamshells. Wouldn't that be best?

I haven't watched that particular video, but the rotational movement happens between the inner sleeve and bushing. There may be minor non-axial movement elsewhere (twisting, etc.) which is why you put grease basically everywhere... but between the sleeve and bolt would only be to reduce/stop corrosion.

-Charlie