track rod and ball joint, why no grease - Page 2

steve-45 · 28th January 2018, 09:07

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Originally Posted by trikey

The next arms I fit, im going to drill and tap a hole and fit grease nipples to the ball joints, I can then see if they last any longer...

I knew I should not have thrown my grease gun away ......

T-Cut · 28th January 2018, 09:30

I personally doubt there's enough meat on the ball housing to cut a decent thread. Drilling a hole with the ball in place sounds like a problem. But stuff nowadays uses the very minimum of metal possible to do the job so I'll be interested to hear how it goes (and maybe a HowTo if it works?)

TC

Comfortably Numb · 28th January 2018, 19:35

Drilling the hole for the nipple, are you not likely to get swarf in the joint?

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T-Cut This is my second home Rover75 and Mreg Corsa. Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Sumweer onat mote o'dust (Sagin) Posts: 21,753 Thanks: 341 Thanked 3,660 Times in 2,924 Posts	I personally doubt there's enough meat on the ball housing to cut a decent thread. Drilling a hole with the ball in place sounds like a problem. But stuff nowadays uses the very minimum of metal possible to do the job so I'll be interested to hear how it goes (and maybe a HowTo if it works?) TC Last edited by T-Cut; 28th January 2018 at 09:33..

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Comfortably Numb Posted a thing or two Rover 75 Saloon Join Date: Dec 2017 Location: Penrith Posts: 1,336 Thanks: 165 Thanked 303 Times in 241 Posts	Drilling the hole for the nipple, are you not likely to get swarf in the joint?