Hi Dave,
Thanks for the update. Were the inner ball joints dry of lubrication?
That you have used the 90 and they were stuck makes me curious. For
years I have been using moly chassis grease in the rack, because Chip Old
(I think) had said in the T-Series Handbook that it seemed to be OK.
Now I wonder if the grease might be less likely to get into the ball
joints than the oil would. What do you think?
Bob
On Tue, 19 Aug 1997 21:09:14 +0000 Dave Houser <mgs4dave@warwick.net>
writes:
>Folks, just a bit more info on what caused that clunking on the front
>end of my 53 TD.
>When I took the rack and pinion out of the car both inner ball joints
>were so stiff and not moving as to transfer all the wheel jounce right
>to the rack and housing! This with a rack that I lubricated with 90
>weight very often.
>Putting back a rack housing that has 2 dampers, one on each end and
>tie
>rods with the proper free play.
>
>Cheers and thanks to all for your input,
>Dave Houser
>
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