[Tigers] WARNING - ball joints

[David T Johnson]

For those not familiar with greasing ball joints and tie rods end.
Put only enough in until you see the rubber boot start to swell.
Don't fill it so much it bulges out. As soon as the the joint moves
it will blow out the rubber boot.  The boot keeps the grease in
AND dirt/water out.torn and split boots should be replaced.
 
Clean the nipple before attaching the grease gun in order to keep
pumping in dirt.
 
Dave

--- On Mon, 10/12/09, michael king <michael.s.king at gmail.com> wrote:


From: michael king <michael.s.king at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Tigers] WARNING - ball joints
To:
Cc: tigers at autox.team.net
Date: Monday, October 12, 2009, 12:09 AM


Ok,

Some pics of my ball joints from last year that were bad. Also of note, the
boots had crumbled, as had the boots on my friends car, we assume they used
a rubber that was not suitable to withstand the oil/grease.

pics:

http://good-times.webshots.com/photo/2311764600054462410uUwHdc
http://good-times.webshots.com/photo/2375790200054462410DskJfN
http://good-times.webshots.com/photo/2748457130054462410vfXBRi


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Regards

Michael King
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