Jeff:
The factory recomended using 90 W gear lub. You can fill it by using a
grease gun filled with 90W. The fitting should be on the passenger side
of the rack righ below the shock. It only takes about 3-4 good pumps.
Pete Phillips
61 Bugeye
Waynesboro VA
Jeff Boatright wrote:
>
> How do you guys lube your ball joint boots? I've heard everything from just
> using a grease gun with _grease_ (not oil) to removing the inner clips and
> filling each boot with oil separately. My concern with the grease is that,
> being realtively new to the car, I don't know if POs have gone the grease
> route sporadically, leaving dried, crusty grease in the works that would
> prevent the new grease from getting to the ball joint or over to the driver
> side ball joint. The concern with the clip removal procedure is the risk of
> damaging the boot.
>
> Finally, I'm not clear on how the lubricating oil gts to the driver's side
> boot. The lube fitting is at the passenger side boot. Does the oil just
> slosh around in the rack housing?
>
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