I am about to replace the front crossmember  on a 56 Victoria and will rebuild the front suspension during the teardown. I plan to examine , clean and reuse what is good and replace shocks and bushings for sure. While the ball joints and tie rods have fittings for lubrication, I have found no info in the shop manual as to where to lubricate the control arm bushings or the upper shafts. Should I drill the bushings and screw in grease fittings or just grease the shafts and crossmember bolts the the bushings spin on. I did a rebuild on another 56 Fairlane years ago and It was squeaky a year or two later..    George

I worked the lube rack at Sears in the 60’s. We had a spray in a pump bottle of “rubber” lube. It would silence squeaking bushings for a while and worked best in dry weather. I searched for a product to replace it over the years and found Ru-Glyde 2 years ago. It’s a product that was for mounting tires and work pretty well. I spray the bushings with every lubrication on the zerk fittings. The more often I use it the quieter the front end has gotten. I watch where in spray it and wipe off the excess. 

56 Vic, B'Ville 200 MPH Club Member, So Cal.

Thanks. I get it now. I did not know that the rubber internals of the bushings flexed with the up and down motions of the control arms. With that knowledge in mind , the upper shafts and lower bolts have a chance of being reusable.