AlbertDefender90
Active Member
Still busy cleaning as many parts as possible before painting. Removed the ball joint from the drop arm so I can do a thorough job of cleaning it up. I wasn't going to bother as it felt reasonably good but after pulling it apart I'm glad I did coz it was bone dry!!
I also sorted a niggling issue with the a frame bushes. Being a new spec chassis from marshland it came with the later mounting brackets and smaller bolts. Marshlands solution to this was to supply an adaptor tube which I thought was questionable at best.
Anyway I asked my local parts dealer about the size of the new spec bushes and fortunately it turned out that it was only the inner diameter which changed so I was able to reuse the old a frame without any worries 😊
Going back to the ball joint, I noticed that there is a hole in the seat of the joint. Has anyone ever fitted a grease nipple into the top cap to help make it last longer or would I be just wasting my time?
![65ef1fd3695b4d5577b484e2ea5af4c6.jpg](/lz/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Ftapatalk.imageshack.com%2Fv2%2F14%2F11%2F05%2F65ef1fd3695b4d5577b484e2ea5af4c6.jpg&hash=61ae2e1a52f5e7c3bb6413ff355dcfe3)
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I also sorted a niggling issue with the a frame bushes. Being a new spec chassis from marshland it came with the later mounting brackets and smaller bolts. Marshlands solution to this was to supply an adaptor tube which I thought was questionable at best.
![58e129e70112a3cff57a572efcbf87cf.jpg](/lz/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Ftapatalk.imageshack.com%2Fv2%2F14%2F11%2F05%2F58e129e70112a3cff57a572efcbf87cf.jpg&hash=ff8591c7392436fdaefc8000cafafcb1)
Anyway I asked my local parts dealer about the size of the new spec bushes and fortunately it turned out that it was only the inner diameter which changed so I was able to reuse the old a frame without any worries 😊
![9e605d3f107b6f358c442c32a62563a5.jpg](/lz/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Ftapatalk.imageshack.com%2Fv2%2F14%2F11%2F05%2F9e605d3f107b6f358c442c32a62563a5.jpg&hash=dfd650bb335773a64331e9edb1549a85)
Going back to the ball joint, I noticed that there is a hole in the seat of the joint. Has anyone ever fitted a grease nipple into the top cap to help make it last longer or would I be just wasting my time?