is there grease fittings on old joints?newer ones use teflon. i never use a pickle fork on vw suspensions because of shock load to components. i have used the new boots on old joints that were in good condition. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nicholas Stokes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Bug List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, February 17, 2008 7:05 AM Subject: [vintagvw] Ball Joint Boots
> I'm in the middle of replacing the pan under my '70 Bug because of > extensive rust in the frame head. > > I got a very good deal on a '69 rolling pan with the front beam and > transaxle with only some metal replacement required in the battery > tray area. The beam has no rust on the bottom of the shock towers > and appears in good shape so I'm going to use it for now. The ball > joint boots were split and cracked but the joints appeared to be in > good shape. > > Looking through the CP1 catalog I found a ball joint boot replacement > kit and decided to try this route. Replacement of the ball joints on > my last beam ended with me buying a new disc brake beam because of > the high price to have the new ball joints pressed in; nearly $70 per > joint if I supplied the joint and removed the arm from the car. > > The installation was pretty straight forward using a pickle fork to > remove the joint from the steering knuckle, removing remnants of old > boot, flushing old grease and any contaminants with new grease, > installing the new boot and reassembly. > > Anyone else done this? > > Just a temporary fix? > > Cheers, > > Nick > VintagVW > http://homepage.mac.com/stokester/VintageVW/ > Dub~Tunes > http://homepage.mac.com/stokester/dub_tunes > > > > _______________________________________________ > vintagvw site list > [email protected] > http://lists.sjsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/vintagvw _______________________________________________ vintagvw site list [email protected] http://lists.sjsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/vintagvw
