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To: morgans@autox.team.net
Subject: squeak
From: TrmpetDave@aol.com
Date: Mon, 30 Aug 1999 23:59:35 EDT
for the last few months I have noticed a fairy loud squeak from the front end 
when the front suspension is exercised, for example, one wheel hitting the 
incline of my driveway. It is like a gate with a rusty hing being moved to 
and fro. My Morgan is a '71 +8 with 180,00 miles, and the one-shot front 
suspension lubricating tubes were plugged off a few years ago. I grease the 
front suspension about every 1,000 miles, which doesn't help, and it is not 
the sort of noise I would expect from the sliding pillars-more like 
chassis-frame interfaces creaking.
 
Speaking of greasing the sliding pillars, should I use chassis or 
wheel-bearing grease, and should the weight be on the wheels, or on 
jack-stands, with the wheels dangling, and the rebound springs compressed?

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