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?
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?