I've always believed and practiced that you don't grease square taper but if there's any splines involved then grease it (lightly).
I find that metal -> metal doesn't always = creak but metal -> metal + some contamination, grit etc usually does = noise of some sort.
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I've always believed and practiced that you don't grease square taper but if there's any splines involved then grease it (lightly).
I find that metal -> metal doesn't always = creak but metal -> metal + some contamination, grit etc usually does = noise of some sort.